As I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to. ~Chic Murray
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Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
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Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message. ~James Patterson
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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"Feminist comedy," practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. ~Grace Slick
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling. ~Hugh Jackman
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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