My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events. ~Lisa Ling
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It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ~Kim Clijsters
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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Long-term relationships are an everyday choice. It is harder to be in a marriage than it is to bounce from one relationship to the next. ~Pink
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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There is one catagory of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in Presidential elections. ~David Ogilvy
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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A promise is a debt. ~Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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