Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Braniac dumb-dumbs, bust the scientifical.
Approach to the course and the force is centrifugal. Can you find your way through the lyrics that be catching them? Throw another rhyme across the room, they be fetching them. ~Masta Ace
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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I'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach. ~Marc Guggenheim
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. ~William Shakespeare
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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