Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well. ~Bob Brown
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez. ~Erik Estrada
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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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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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains. ~Libba Bray
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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