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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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proverbiosI've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia. ~Jason Aldean
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market. ~Henry Paulson
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult. ~Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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