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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I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York. ~Roy Ayers
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The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither. ~Thomas Jefferson
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution. ~Luc Montagnier
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant. ~Paul Dirac
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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When 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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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods. ~Teri Hatcher
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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