Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving. ~Ted Olson
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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I only discovered the "Harry Potter" series in my tenth standard. I dived right into it, often reading non-stop through the day and night. It was the morning after one such readathon when I was to appear for a chemistry exam. Spending my night with the third edition of "Harry Potter" didn't help much, and I fared poorly. ~Sonam Kapoor
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. ~Truman Capote
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. ~Laurel Clark
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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I don't know where I come from but I am here now so deal with it. ~Gary Busey
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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