The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace. ~M. Scott Peck
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories. ~Richard Li
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees. ~John Mackey
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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Everything in moderation. And that includes a couple of beers a day. ~Stephen King
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I'm a songwriter first. ~Carole King
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