Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees. ~John Mackey
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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My whole life has been stability. People who have worked with me have for a long time. Air Asia is the same people who started it. ~Tony Fernandes
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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