She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west. ~Thomas Pynchon
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish 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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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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That is what I try to do each and every week is give my best effort and not give up, no matter what comes at us. ~Kurt Busch
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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