If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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"You're children. Don't you want a home, a family?" "With, like, vitamin-fortified cereal and educational television? ~James Patterson
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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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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Let us help build the kingdom of God by standing up boldly and being defenders of marriage, parenthood, and the home. ~Bonnie L. Oscarson
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
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Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. ~Antoine Rivarol
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In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer. ~Jason Mewes
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You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast. ~Junior Seau
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home. ~Evelyn Glennie
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Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. ~Gene Tunney
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