To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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I went to church with my grandparents sometimes, and I loved it. ~Anne Lamott
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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