The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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