In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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God bless us everyone! Said Tiny Tim, the last of all. ~Charles Dickens
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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. ~Ferdinand Mount
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You know, when you start, especially with me, I did not really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater. ~Ludivine Sagnier
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As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang will ... dramatically up the odds of a wow outcome! ~Tom Peters
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
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I don't trust a lot of journalists. ~Calvin Klein
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Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain. ~Bob Dylan
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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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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