We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. ~Michele Bachmann
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company. ~Courtney B. Vance
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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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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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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