Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ~Jim Costa
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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We cannot come to honour under coverlet. ~George Herbert
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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