A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people. ~Barney Frank
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. ~John Calvin
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez. ~Erik Estrada
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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