Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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I love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills. I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships. ~Britt Ekland
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. ~Yotam Ottolenghi
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
#quotes #bill-gates #philanthropy #humanity

We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress. ~Jean Bertrand Aristide
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer. ~Matt Chandler
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I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good. ~Miguel Cabrera
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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