I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. ~Imelda Marcos
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I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result. ~Lyle Lovett
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for. ~Brian Lamb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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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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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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