A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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Will is stronger than fact; it can mold and overcome fact. ~H. G. Wells
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
#quotes #moon-unit-zappa #family #mother

Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ~John Spratt
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
#quotes #mary-lou-williams #career

I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
#quotes #mel-ramos #motivation #routine

Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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Empathy is even better than talking in one language. ~Rumi
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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
#quotes #charles-evans-hughes #government

I don't trust a lot of journalists. ~Calvin Klein
#quotes #calvin-klein #trust

A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
#quotes #zhu-rongji #motivation

I really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight. ~Len Goodman
#quotes #len-goodman #airports

Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
#quotes #don-henley #wisdom