The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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No matter how beautiful the theory, one irritating fact can dismiss the entire formulism, so it has to be proven. ~Michio Kaku
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool. ~Mark Webber
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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