The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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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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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? ~Peter Schuyler
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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
#quotes #john-muir #nature #autumn

I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ~William Hazlitt
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Your competitive advantage must be perceivable, promotable, and something the market will pay for. ~Brian Tracy
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Animals are the best actors. They never lie, they're always present, and they listen. That's a lot more than a lot of actors can say for themselves. ~Graham Phillips
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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You know what, Steve Jobs is real nice to me. He lets me be an employee and that's one of the biggest honors of my life. ~Steve Wozniak
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
#quotes #arthur-capper #people #goodness

The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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If you can compete, you are going to compete. ~Earl Lloyd
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
#quotes #john-coltrane #feelings