A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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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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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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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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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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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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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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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message. ~James Patterson
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The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
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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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