Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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A promise is a debt. ~Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanses Proverb
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hardest job in America is being a single mom. There are a lot of them and a lot of them in Baltimore and I think that they absolutely do their best. They can't keep continue to do their best if businesses flee the city. ~Dana Perino
#quotes #dana-perino #mother #business

A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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