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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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proverbiosWhen we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
#quotes #jeffrey-sachs #money #economy
Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
#quotes #rose-george #freedom #caste #india
You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #books #shallow
A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
#proverbs #swedish-proverbs #happiness #sorrow #sharing
Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
#proverbs #swedish-proverbs #worry
Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
#proverbs #swedish-proverbs #attitude
I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
#quotes #kofi-annan #military #iraq #united-states
A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
#proverbs #swedish-proverbs #mind
Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
#proverbs #russian-proverbs #wealth #poverty
A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
#quotes #george-stigler #sweden
The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
#proverbs #indian-proverbs #love #deeds