Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. ~Warren Farrell
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you're not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you're beautiful, just the way you are. ~Candace Bushnell
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. ~Stella McCartney
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. ~Louisa May Alcott
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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