He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese 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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You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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You can almost believe what you know is not true when you really have to. ~Carol Plum Ucci
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. ~Moses
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. ~Henry Adams
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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