Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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I'm a much better mother at 46, than if I were like, 21 or 25. ~Halle Berry
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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I want to take back at least half of the "I love you"s, because I didn't mean them as much as the other ones. ~David Levithan
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. ~Seth Godin
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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Do not try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you. ~Mooji
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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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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ~Jim Costa
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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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