The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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Music is the eye of the ear. ~Thomas Draxe
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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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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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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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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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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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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation to pay taxes that you do not owe. In fact, you should be seeking ways to legally minimise your taxes. ~John Mackey
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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