The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go. ~Zach Johnson
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Everything that happens is meant to be. It is meant to happen like that. But sometimes you don't know at the time that it is meant to be disaster. ~Tony Kaye
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
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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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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. ~Mason Cooley
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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They don't make coats for this kind of cold. ~Ryan Adams
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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