A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ~Barbara Jordan
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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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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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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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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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom. ~Pierre Corneille
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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