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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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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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proverbiosFor me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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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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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you want success, be unique. ~Natalie Massenet
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as "don't make a mistake." And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out. ~Bernard L. Schwartz
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