One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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I do not want to see perpetual warfare in the Middle East. ~Bernie Sanders
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees. ~John Mackey
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected. ~Jacki Weaver
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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