Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it. ~Robert Edison Fulton
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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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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. ~Leland Stanford
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The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. ~Harold B. Lee
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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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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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music. ~Simon Cowell
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I think I'm doing some good. Obviously, I don't need any more money. ~Joe Jamail
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all the character material, all the filigree, all the beautiful writing, and put it into a story. ~Scott Rudin
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The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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They were close to the end of the beginning... ~Stephen King
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If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ~William Hazlitt
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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