A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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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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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race. ~Kirk Hammett
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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