Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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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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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again. ~Mara Wilson
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life sucks order from a sea of disorder. ~James Gleick
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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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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Entrepreneurs don't write a 100-page business plan and execute it one time, they're always experimenting and adapting based on what they learn. ~Thomas Friedman
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