To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market. ~Henry Paulson
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. ~Jodi Picoult
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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Let us help build the kingdom of God by standing up boldly and being defenders of marriage, parenthood, and the home. ~Bonnie L. Oscarson
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. ~John Calvin
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