Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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All the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumping gas. ~Dionne Warwick
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've seen you engage and I've seen you turn out in record numbers. I've heard your voices amplified by creativity and a digital fluency that those of us in older generations can barely comprehend. I've seen a generation eager, impatient even, to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course. ~Barack Obama
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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Collectively with my design team we spent time working on the feel, fit and style to ensure the product is not only something I would wear but one which I would be proud to put my name to. I always want to challenge myself and this was such a rewarding experience for me. I'm very happy with the end result and I hope H&M's male customers will be as excited as I am. ~David Beckham
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I can't imagine what they're planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it, and it won't be legal. ~Eoin Colfer
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story. ~Ian Somerhalder
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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You would think that Freddy Couples' Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time. ~Fuzzy Zoeller
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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