America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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The unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of invention within them. Economy and efficiency move their relentless tinkering and yet the real motive often seems to be aesthetic. The mind that first designed a cutter bar is not far different from a mind that can take the intractable steel of an outsized sickle blade and make it hum in the end. The question is how to reduce the simplicity that constitutes a problem to the greater simplicity that constitutes a solution. ~Verlyn Klinkenborg
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune. ~Proverb
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You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. ~Truman Capote
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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