She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ~Barbara Cartland
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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If you want to know how much I miss you, try to catch rain drops. The ones you catch is how much you miss me, and the ones you miss is how much I miss you.
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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