Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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