You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it. ~Robert Edison Fulton
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French 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 must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because then you get Gummi tummy, and that's no good. I can't believe I'm saying this. ~Jensen Ackles
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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The unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of invention within them. Economy and efficiency move their relentless tinkering and yet the real motive often seems to be aesthetic. The mind that first designed a cutter bar is not far different from a mind that can take the intractable steel of an outsized sickle blade and make it hum in the end. The question is how to reduce the simplicity that constitutes a problem to the greater simplicity that constitutes a solution. ~Verlyn Klinkenborg
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Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ~David Hyde Pierce
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
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