This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful. ~Walter Huston
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen 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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I think that the best rock n' roll is about the spirit of being young, the feeling of being 16 and getting crazy with your friends and going out to a show and just that whole feeling. ~Sebastian Bach
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself. ~Tyler The Creator
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanses Proverb
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Hope is a risk that must be run. ~Georges Bernanos
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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. ~Proverb
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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