No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up. ~Jennifer Ellison
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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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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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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We are actors, we have to do what we have to do, and you have to be really solid within yourself. ~Linda Gray
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