Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When you are starting out as an actor people are very interested in who you are because they want to know where they can put you. And quite often, and we're all guilty of this is our lives, we judge very quickly and we pigeon-hole people very quickly based on how they look and how they talk and how they dress and we think: "Oh yeah, we know who you are." ~Tom Hiddleston
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game. ~Jose Mourinho
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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 the gift of a brilliant internal guardian that stands ready to warn you of hazards and guide you through risky situations. ~Gavin de Becker
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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have the courage of my convictions. ~Brigitte Bardot
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
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If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. ~Bill Gates
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Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice. ~Voltaire
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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