No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese 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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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 sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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Collectively with my design team we spent time working on the feel, fit and style to ensure the product is not only something I would wear but one which I would be proud to put my name to. I always want to challenge myself and this was such a rewarding experience for me. I'm very happy with the end result and I hope H&M's male customers will be as excited as I am. ~David Beckham
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ~Emily Dickinson
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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