As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay. ~John Schlesinger
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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You know what, Steve Jobs is real nice to me. He lets me be an employee and that's one of the biggest honors of my life. ~Steve Wozniak
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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