Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that is fantastic for me. ~Stephen Chow
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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I don't mean to imply that we are in imminent danger of being wiped off the face of the earth; at least, not on account of global warming. But climate change does confront us with profound new realities. We face these new realities as a nation, as members of the world community, as consumers, as producers, and as investors. And unless we do a better job of adjusting to these new realities, we will pay a heavy price. We may not suffer the fate of the dinosaurs. But there will be a toll on our environment and on our economy, and the toll will rise higher with each new generation. ~Eileen Claussen
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The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that, women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. ~Louise Otto-Peters
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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Health care is not about insurance! Health care is about getting treatment. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving. ~Ted Olson
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