Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self. ~Ralph Smart
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories. ~Richard Li
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Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about. ~Paula Creamer
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence. ~Jay Duplass
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What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
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Winning is everything in Hollywood. ~Olympia Dukakis
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There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that. ~Bill Hicks
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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