The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible. ~Norman Cousins
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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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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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia. ~Jason Aldean
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's "China Beach," "The West Wing," or "E.R." ~Michael Cudlitz
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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God will never reject you. Whether you accept Him is your decision. ~Charles Stanley
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. ~Paul Singer
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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