Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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I think I'm doing some good. Obviously, I don't need any more money. ~Joe Jamail
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. ~Ryan White
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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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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"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
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I'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach. ~Marc Guggenheim
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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