You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ~Shimon Peres
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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This arena is a special place. Everybody loves it. To be able to stand behind the bench and be a part of a great tournament for the '96 Elite is fun. The kids, having a chance to play in the building where the Penguins play, it's a special feeling for them. ~Mario Lemieux
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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I think "Voldemort" is definitely the scariest villain. ~Lauren Oliver
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager. I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I did'nt really care. It did'nt bother me at all. ~Vivienne Westwood
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
#quotes #bill-gates #philanthropy #humanity

The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ~Jim Costa
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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I failed at the biggest things there are in life. I failed in my health, I failed in my marriage, I failed in everything, and I have picked myself up and gone on. ~Sharon Stone
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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