Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about. ~Paula Creamer
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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People love to hate other people. ~Kid Rock
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles Melville Hays
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ~Al Gore
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships. ~James Redfield
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
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