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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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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There is a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary. ~Trevor Dunn
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It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out. ~Derek Jeter
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. ~Leland Stanford
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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Arguing whether or not a God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name for God is like fleas arguing over the name of the dog. And arguing over whose notion of God is correct is like fleas arguing over who owns the dog. ~Robert Fulghum
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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