"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York. ~Michael Arad
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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All my friends I've known since I was really little. ~Leona Lewis
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast. ~Junior Seau
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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