If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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