A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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In a game like football, where you have very little time to decide what you are going to do, you have to react almost instinctively, naturally. ~Vince Lombardi
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"He's just a little unbalanced and lonely." He put his arms around my waist, frowning. "Can't he be lonely and unbalanced around someone else's girlfriend?" "I'll suggest it. ~Kiersten White
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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'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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I am getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan. ~Michael Reagan
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
#quotes #hannah-more #gratitude

"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out. ~Yelawolf
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after. ~Peter Stuyvesant
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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