The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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I only discovered the "Harry Potter" series in my tenth standard. I dived right into it, often reading non-stop through the day and night. It was the morning after one such readathon when I was to appear for a chemistry exam. Spending my night with the third edition of "Harry Potter" didn't help much, and I fared poorly. ~Sonam Kapoor
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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When you're young and good-looking, you've got to behave. But when you're old, you can get away with murder. ~Julie Newmar
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New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York. ~Michael Arad
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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It is very hard to concentrate when your stomach is rumbling. ~Shania Twain
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Your energy and enjoyment, drive and dedication will stimulate and greatly inspire others. ~John Wooden
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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Life is tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid. ~John Wayne
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Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. ~John Wayne
#quotes #john-wayne #ignorance #hardship #humor

Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid. ~Rafael Nadal
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. ~Woody Allen
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Romania is an interesting place because I think it has been abused, on so many different levels. ~Kiefer Sutherland
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