When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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They were close to the end of the beginning... ~Stephen King
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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Hope is a risk that must be run. ~Georges Bernanos
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When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ~Tommy Shaw
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. ~Benazir Bhutto
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Girls who wear certain kind of dresses, who show certain areas of the body, are not going to like my clothes. You can't please everyone. ~Prabal Gurung
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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I love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills. I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships. ~Britt Ekland
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The West is dead; you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. ~Charles Marion Russell
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them. ~Helen Mirren
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In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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