Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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To be a team, you must be a family. ~Don Meyer
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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When we were all kids, there was one particular trailer that I think we can all remember. That was the trailer for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." There was an amazing teaser trailer with all this weird kind of documentary footage. We were like, "What was that! I've got to see that! What the hell was that?" ~Matt Reeves
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations. ~Sue Kelly
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As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've seen you engage and I've seen you turn out in record numbers. I've heard your voices amplified by creativity and a digital fluency that those of us in older generations can barely comprehend. I've seen a generation eager, impatient even, to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course. ~Barack Obama
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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It is so boring to just hire a fancy caterer and have them do everything. ~Nicole Miller
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
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If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. ~V. S. Naipaul
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~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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