Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today. ~R. A. Salvatore
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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My real heroes have always been sports-writers. ~Dan Jenkins
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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Atrial fibrillation can be taken care of. The point is that it is manageable. Everybody is different and will have different ways of managing whatever they need, and their doctor will have ways of managing theirs. But I think the first key is just to know it exists, know whether you have it, and know what the risks are and take care of yourself! ~Howie Mandel
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ~John Clayton
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