Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right. ~Sean Astin
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When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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Feelings are determined by how one chooses to respond to various situations and events. ~Ralph Marston
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday. ~Jerry B. Jenkins
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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