Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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Gossip is hardly uplifting. ~Ginger Rogers
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be. ~Jane Austen
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish 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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Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times. ~Richard Linklater
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If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do. ~Simon Sinek
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As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang will ... dramatically up the odds of a wow outcome! ~Tom Peters
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
#quotes #harold-pinter #art #language

Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
#quotes #jose-bergamin #wisdom

Your birthday will always be remembered in a special way, because you have brought so much happiness into the lives of those who are close to you. Happy birthday to you!
#birthday #cute

From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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