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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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American 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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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German 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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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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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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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~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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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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