If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary. ~Billy Crystal
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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It is good for us to get into the Word, but it is much better for the Word to get into us. ~David J. Stewart
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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We are dealing in a day and time when the courts are defining sin different than the church. ~Johnny Hunt
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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