Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories. ~Richard Li
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Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit. ~Dorothy Thompson
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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Movements are as eloquent as words. ~Isadora Duncan
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We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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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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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. ~Seth Godin
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I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to. ~Lou Brock
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