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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow. ~Barry Sheene
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. ~William Shatner
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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proverbiosI love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills. I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships. ~Britt Ekland
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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His rod reversed, and backward mutters of dissevering power. ~John Milton
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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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It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life. ~Adam Brody
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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randomYou don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. ~Truman Capote
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett. ~Al Franken
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