When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ~John Bulwer
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. ~Benazir Bhutto
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. ~V. S. Naipaul
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. ~George E. Allen
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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