What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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