You can trust the promise of this opening. Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning. That is at one with your life's desire. ~John O'Donohue
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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They were close to the end of the beginning... ~Stephen King
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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I'm 31 now. I think I'm beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means. ~Adam Sandler
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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There is a great need to rally the women of the Church to stand with and for the Brethren in stemming the tide of evil that surrounds us. ~Howard W. Hunter
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. ~William Shakespeare
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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