The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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If someone were to say, "Well, what would you have done differently?" I'd say, "Nothing." I think you need to make mistakes. ~Kim Kardashian
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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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"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. ~Galileo Galilei
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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The most important thing about you is what comes to your mind when you think of God. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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