A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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You have the gift of a brilliant internal guardian that stands ready to warn you of hazards and guide you through risky situations. ~Gavin de Becker
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For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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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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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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