I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to. ~Lou Brock
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as "don't make a mistake." And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out. ~Bernard L. Schwartz
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Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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To the seeing eye life is mostly sparrows. ~Will Cuppy
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The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~Marlene Dietrich
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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I have a collection of 50-plus snapback hats. ~James Harden
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies. ~Charles XII of Sweden
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. ~Confucius
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck; and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee; or you can go out and become an entrepreneur. ~Al Michaels
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All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth. ~Ted Williams
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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