The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither. ~Thomas Jefferson
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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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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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ~Tommy Shaw
#quotes #tommy-shaw #rights

Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York. ~Roy Ayers
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
#quotes #jeffrey-sachs #money #economy

Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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