The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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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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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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