It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
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To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human mental process called worrying depends upon having a brain that can reason, remember, reflect, feel, and imagine. Only humans have a brain big enough to do this simultaneously and do it well. ~Edward Hallowell
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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When you are starting out as an actor people are very interested in who you are because they want to know where they can put you. And quite often, and we're all guilty of this is our lives, we judge very quickly and we pigeon-hole people very quickly based on how they look and how they talk and how they dress and we think: "Oh yeah, we know who you are." ~Tom Hiddleston
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you can compete, you are going to compete. ~Earl Lloyd
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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