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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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
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For mercy has a human heart; pity, a human face; and love, the human form divine, and peace, the human dress. ~William Blake
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. ~Proverb
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I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
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The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known. ~Bryan Lee O'Malley
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She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west. ~Thomas Pynchon
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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