In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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Death closes all doors. ~English Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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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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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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"He's just a little unbalanced and lonely." He put his arms around my waist, frowning. "Can't he be lonely and unbalanced around someone else's girlfriend?" "I'll suggest it. ~Kiersten White
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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