That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. ~Harry A. Blackmun
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is one catagory of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in Presidential elections. ~David Ogilvy
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All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth. ~Ted Williams
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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