A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Every beginning is weak. ~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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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation to pay taxes that you do not owe. In fact, you should be seeking ways to legally minimise your taxes. ~John Mackey
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white. ~Valerie Simpson
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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ~Emily Dickinson
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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