When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up. ~Susan Cain
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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When we were all kids, there was one particular trailer that I think we can all remember. That was the trailer for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." There was an amazing teaser trailer with all this weird kind of documentary footage. We were like, "What was that! I've got to see that! What the hell was that?" ~Matt Reeves
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian 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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To the seeing eye life is mostly sparrows. ~Will Cuppy
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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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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