To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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If you didn't watch "The Shield," you should stop everything you are doing and go back and watch "The Shield." ~Timothy Simons
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish 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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I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will have someone to talk to. ~Rodney Dangerfield
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese 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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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. ~Warren Farrell
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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