I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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As I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it. ~Marie de Rabutin Chantal
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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