Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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They don't make coats for this kind of cold. ~Ryan Adams
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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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The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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Love's in need of love today, don't delay; send yours in right away. ~Stevie Wonder
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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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You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck; and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee; or you can go out and become an entrepreneur. ~Al Michaels
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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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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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The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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