There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. ~Freddy Adu
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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I love performing and having people hear my music more that anything. ~Britney Spears
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People say, "Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?" But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you? ~John C. Reilly
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you. ~Jim Palmer
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible. ~Norman Cousins
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