To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda. ~Rick Derringer
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful. ~Walter Huston
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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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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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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If someone were to say, "Well, what would you have done differently?" I'd say, "Nothing." I think you need to make mistakes. ~Kim Kardashian
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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