Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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If the stock goes down we want to buy more. ~Walter Schloss
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ~George Herbert
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. ~Louisa May Alcott
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The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. ~Anne O'Hare McCormick
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. ~Kathie Lee Gifford
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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I have never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade. ~George Carlin
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~Michel de Montaigne
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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