Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian 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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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian 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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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. ~Ha-Joon Chang
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