To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese 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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Yeah, I think there are a lot of things about Cleveland that I miss. Los Angeles is a funny place to live. ~Monica Potter
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It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home. ~Daphne Guinness
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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Romania is an interesting place because I think it has been abused, on so many different levels. ~Kiefer Sutherland
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true. ~Rick Riordan
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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