A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Entrepreneurs don't write a 100-page business plan and execute it one time, they're always experimenting and adapting based on what they learn. ~Thomas Friedman
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it. ~Richard Dawkins
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It is so boring to just hire a fancy caterer and have them do everything. ~Nicole Miller
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses. ~Juliana Hatfield
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