Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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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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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese. ~Suzanne Collins
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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