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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ~Benjamin Whichcote
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The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
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She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. ~Louisa May Alcott
#quotes #louisa-may-alcott #hero
Winning is everything in Hollywood. ~Olympia Dukakis
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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proverbiosI got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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When I am happy I am like a cat, sleek and purring, quite useless. It is when I am unhappy, with an ache perhaps in my heart, that I do my finest work. ~Barbara La Marr
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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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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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man. ~Tertullian
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times. ~Richard Linklater
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
#quotes #geena-davis #humor
A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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