We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. ~Bill Gates
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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
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It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really good songs out of it ~Miley Cyrus
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It is good for us to get into the Word, but it is much better for the Word to get into us. ~David J. Stewart
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching "Coronation Street." ~Amelia Warner
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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I want you to really be able to grasp the wonder of it, the marvel of it, the size of it and really be able to get a good conception of its magnificence and it tremendous colossal gigantic stupendous size and beauty and splendour! ~David Berg
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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right winger. ~Robert Winston
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player. ~Anna Kournikova
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same. ~Barbara Kingsolver
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification. ~Sigmund Freud
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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