To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett. ~Al Franken
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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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Reality is not meant to be only creedal, though the creeds are important. Reality is to be experienced, and experienced on the basis of a restored relationship with God through that finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. ~Francis Schaeffer
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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