A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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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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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. ~Sallust
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I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies. ~Charles XII of Sweden
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I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people. ~Tia Carrere
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic 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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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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In our post 9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. ~Mike Rogers
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