Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
#quotes #john-spence #vision

Everything in moderation. And that includes a couple of beers a day. ~Stephen King
#quotes #stephen-king

Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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You seek problems because you need their gifts. ~Richard Bach
#quotes #richard-bach #hardship

If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
#quotes #lisa-jakub #love #life

Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
#proverbs #roses #complaining

We should constantly be aspiring to reach higher and higher and higher. We should never be comfortable where we are. ~Lauryn Hill
#quotes #lauryn-hill #trying

I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
#quotes #joss-whedon #thinking #mistakes #change

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy; they are coming together. There need not be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe. ~Orhan Pamuk
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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