In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma. ~Greg Boyle
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese 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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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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When I am in situations where I break out of the pattern, it's hard on me. Once you get used to regular scripture study, you miss it if you don't have it. It's like food; you have to have it. I know that I need the scriptures like I need food. I don't miss a regular meal, and I don't miss regular scripture study. ~Henry B. Eyring
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. ~Gerry Adams
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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