No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not. ~Leos Carax
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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I love layers! ~Alexander Wang
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation. ~Robert Dold
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. ~Warren Farrell
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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