Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~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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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~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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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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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful. ~Walter Huston
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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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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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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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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ~Jan Karon
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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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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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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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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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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