If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma. ~Greg Boyle
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The world will be balanced when we are balanced. ~Tarthang Tulku
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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Animals are the best actors. They never lie, they're always present, and they listen. That's a lot more than a lot of actors can say for themselves. ~Graham Phillips
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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