He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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I never really thought about becoming a professional musician. ~John Mayall
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I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots. ~Derek Jeter
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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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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Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening environmental problem but also one of the greatest challenges facing all of humanity. We must demand a separation between oil and state. We can get off oil and slow global warming. ~Leonardo DiCaprio
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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All actors are looking for that role that is going to define who they are. When it happens, it is a good thing. ~Jeffrey Pierce
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Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes Valmore
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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