To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God. ~Lionel Hampton
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ~Joseph Addison
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Our state has a balanced budget. We have to live within our means in the state of Wyoming. I was in the state senate. This country needs a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. ~John Barrasso
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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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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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. ~Billy Sunday
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish 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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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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