Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. ~George E. Allen
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. ~Desmond Dekker
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York. ~Michael Arad
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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I occasionally got called the Rush Limbaugh of Indiana, but most people knew that my style was different. ~Mike Pence
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go. ~Zach Johnson
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ~Moby
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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