A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market, I have so many vintage pieces from there it is unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. ~Kaya Scodelario
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid. ~Rafael Nadal
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
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Animals are the best actors. They never lie, they're always present, and they listen. That's a lot more than a lot of actors can say for themselves. ~Graham Phillips
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
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A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right. ~Sean Astin
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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I've just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can. ~Kimi Raikkonen
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