The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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proverbiosBe not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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quotistWhen the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching "Coronation Street." ~Amelia Warner
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
#quotes #rick-santorum #government #family
The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
#quotes #jane-byrne #pride #chicago
Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez. ~Erik Estrada
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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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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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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