Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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proverbiosAnger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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quotistFire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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randomHe who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom. ~Pierre Corneille
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg. I don't usually admit this publicly, because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it, to use it as a way of luring audiences in. ~Terry Gilliam
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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