Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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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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I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. ~Imelda Marcos
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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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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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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It is objective evaluations that give our hardwiring principles teeth and drive the organization toward results that last. ~Quint Studer
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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"He's just a little unbalanced and lonely." He put his arms around my waist, frowning. "Can't he be lonely and unbalanced around someone else's girlfriend?" "I'll suggest it. ~Kiersten White
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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