A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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Since one Satan is one too many for me, I would not multiply him. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish 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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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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If someone were to say, "Well, what would you have done differently?" I'd say, "Nothing." I think you need to make mistakes. ~Kim Kardashian
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite. ~Jorge Luis Borges
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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