Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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