Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
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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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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man. ~Tertullian
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We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying. Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help ~Donald Miller
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Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun. ~Hafez
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
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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 fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances. ~Bryan Adams
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
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Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. ~Mason Cooley
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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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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