The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. ~Georges Bidault
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The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~Marlene Dietrich
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
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You can trust the promise of this opening. Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning. That is at one with your life's desire. ~John O'Donohue
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang will ... dramatically up the odds of a wow outcome! ~Tom Peters
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I'm 31 now. I think I'm beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means. ~Adam Sandler
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They were close to the end of the beginning... ~Stephen King
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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