When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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I don't think a movie today that captured all the things that we did in the seventies could come close, because it's like asking to recreate the seventies and the audience sensibilities and that's impossible. ~Paul Michael Glaser
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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No matter what you do each day; or in life, doing things God's way is a matter of the heart. ~Elizabeth George
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow. ~Frank Dane
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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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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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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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You think you are prepared. You think you have done everything you're supposed to, study hard, work hard, keep yourself out of trouble, and then, whoosh! Something arrives out of the blue that you never saw coming. Something you never even imagined. Something that will knock your little world off its axis. Something that will either change your life for the better, or end it forever. Chaos. ~James Michael
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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