Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
#quotes #ryszard-kapuscinski #patriotism #power #russia #poland

Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
#quotes #john-corey-whaley #family

If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods. ~Teri Hatcher
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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