The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund "Obamacare." They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the "Obamacare" program. ~Paul Ryan
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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All actors are looking for that role that is going to define who they are. When it happens, it is a good thing. ~Jeffrey Pierce
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish 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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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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