There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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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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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart; I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ~Tony Parsons
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives. ~James Bovard
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Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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I just can't sleep tonight knowing that things ain't right. ~Justin Bieber
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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