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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me. ~Chuck Mangione
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Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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proverbiosTo the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home. ~Evelyn Glennie
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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