There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. ~Pearl S. Buck
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For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash. ~Amelia Earhart
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I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy. ~Naveen Jain
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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I live for now, not for what happens after I die. ~Liam Gallagher
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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