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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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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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~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 bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~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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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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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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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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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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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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