Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market, I have so many vintage pieces from there it is unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. ~Kaya Scodelario
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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Here you can be a billionaire, like Mark Zuckerberg rich, but you are going to die and you are here for a while and ultimately all of your stuff is kind of like a rental. ~Henry Rollins
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
#quotes #dan-o-brien #sports #work #personality

Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man. ~Tertullian
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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