The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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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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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Your prosperity will only grow as fast as you do. ~Randy Gage
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. ~David Coleman
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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