The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone. ~Charles Ghigna
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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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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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch 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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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. ~Galileo Galilei
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He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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