When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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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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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right. ~Sean Astin
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses. ~Juliana Hatfield
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Feelings are determined by how one chooses to respond to various situations and events. ~Ralph Marston
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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