Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German 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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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African 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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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
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When I am in situations where I break out of the pattern, it's hard on me. Once you get used to regular scripture study, you miss it if you don't have it. It's like food; you have to have it. I know that I need the scriptures like I need food. I don't miss a regular meal, and I don't miss regular scripture study. ~Henry B. Eyring
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Open access is good, but we have to have ways and means where content that has been generated with a lot of effort and cost also gets the chance to monetise itself as is now beginning to happen in the West where some publications are really beginning to make their internet revenue lines and subscription revenue lines quite significant. ~Raghav Bahl
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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