It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
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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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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French 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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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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