I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. ~Billy Sunday
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese 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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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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I felt as if I had attended the funeral of someone I didn't know. ~Pauline Kael
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