To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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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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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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All my friends I've known since I was really little. ~Leona Lewis
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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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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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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