An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. ~David Coleman
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson
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This arena is a special place. Everybody loves it. To be able to stand behind the bench and be a part of a great tournament for the '96 Elite is fun. The kids, having a chance to play in the building where the Penguins play, it's a special feeling for them. ~Mario Lemieux
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The most important thing about you is what comes to your mind when you think of God. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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If you're "stuck" right now, you're probably into fear. Get out of there. You've already looked both ways. Now cross the street, for heaven sake. The cars have long since gone. The coast is clear. Your only obstacle now is your own mind. ~Neale Donald Walsch
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance. ~Michelle Wie
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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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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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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