After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me. ~Joe Torre
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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