The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Open access is good, but we have to have ways and means where content that has been generated with a lot of effort and cost also gets the chance to monetise itself as is now beginning to happen in the West where some publications are really beginning to make their internet revenue lines and subscription revenue lines quite significant. ~Raghav Bahl
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not; you are not smiling about it. ~Wynton Marsalis
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Earth to Democrats; displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a good political move. ~Monica Crowley
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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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