The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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People should decide "are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?" I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money; they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet. ~Felix Baumgartner
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East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy; they are coming together. There need not be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe. ~Orhan Pamuk
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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
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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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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English 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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