The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein. ~Proverb
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A human heart that matched what we think of as heart-shaped; a perfectly formed bright red thing with two halves of equal size; would be one that was horribly diseased. The origin of this stylized representation is somewhat obscure, but it probably appeared at the same time as St. Valentine's Day, about whose history there is much dispute. ~George Fetherling
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~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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If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ~William Hazlitt
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I didn't meddle. If I did meddle there wouldn't be all this violence. All this horrible sexism in games. ~Lincoln Chafee
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Achilles absent was Achilles still! ~Homer
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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