A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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When we were all kids, there was one particular trailer that I think we can all remember. That was the trailer for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." There was an amazing teaser trailer with all this weird kind of documentary footage. We were like, "What was that! I've got to see that! What the hell was that?" ~Matt Reeves
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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