One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west. ~Thomas Pynchon
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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