You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Romania is an interesting place because I think it has been abused, on so many different levels. ~Kiefer Sutherland
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
#quotes #shel-silverstein #sisters

I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. ~Freddy Adu
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, "Who's that?" But this got me started in acting. ~James Stewart
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided it as far as possible; he didn't really want to become any better acquainted with himself. He knew that if he wanted to show his talents to best advantage, he needed to strike sparks off other people to fan the flames of warmth and exuberance in his heart. On his own he was frosty, no use to himself at all, like a match left lying in its box. ~Stefan Zweig
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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