The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ~Erich Fromm
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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There are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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"He's just a little unbalanced and lonely." He put his arms around my waist, frowning. "Can't he be lonely and unbalanced around someone else's girlfriend?" "I'll suggest it. ~Kiersten White
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The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. ~Ayn Rand
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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