Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Feelings are determined by how one chooses to respond to various situations and events. ~Ralph Marston
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up. ~Susan Cain
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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Are you the welcoming committee? Or has Jeremy finally chained you up to the front gate where you belong?" "I missed you too. ~Kelley Armstrong
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Open access is good, but we have to have ways and means where content that has been generated with a lot of effort and cost also gets the chance to monetise itself as is now beginning to happen in the West where some publications are really beginning to make their internet revenue lines and subscription revenue lines quite significant. ~Raghav Bahl
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