We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self, and so it destroys the gift of life in him or her ~Mother Teresa
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic 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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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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The necessity for "professionals" in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged. ~Jason Alexander
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says. ~Dick Cheney
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. ~Ha-Joon Chang
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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