Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. ~Gene Tunney
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. ~Akhil Sharma
#quotes #akhil-sharma #love #fear

An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
#quotes #confucius #anger

People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. ~Michele Bachmann
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive. ~Robert Kiyosaki
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. ~Confucius
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The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~Marlene Dietrich
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
#quotes #david-ives #writing #comedy

Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #earth

Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #beauty #harship