Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships. ~James Redfield
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Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ~David Hyde Pierce
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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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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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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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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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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