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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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Yes, God wants you to do signs and wonders. But the love of God manifested through you is what people really need. So you first must see His face. You must become so close to His very heartbeat that you can feel what others feel. ~Heidi Baker
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic 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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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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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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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
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Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful. ~Walter Huston
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Animals are the best actors. They never lie, they're always present, and they listen. That's a lot more than a lot of actors can say for themselves. ~Graham Phillips
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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