The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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