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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In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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Let me think about the people I care about... ~Ze Frank
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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