Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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All artists are anarchists in some way; some more extreme than others, but it is something that I think artists are supposed to do. We are supposed to present a different angle on everything, and I certainly think it is as much as poetry, in my opinion. ~Robert Zemeckis
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ~Al Gore
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every step of life shows much caution is required. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
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It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home. ~Daphne Guinness
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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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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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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