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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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them. ~Helen Mirren
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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