It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ~John Bulwer
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No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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That's what acting is; it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. ~Kerry Washington
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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I want you to really be able to grasp the wonder of it, the marvel of it, the size of it and really be able to get a good conception of its magnificence and it tremendous colossal gigantic stupendous size and beauty and splendour! ~David Berg
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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His rod reversed, and backward mutters of dissevering power. ~John Milton
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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