The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English 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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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. ~Ryan White
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American 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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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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