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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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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People say, "Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?" But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you? ~John C. Reilly
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