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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Every decision you make is a mistake. ~Edward Dahlberg
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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proverbiosI am going to embarrass myself. I have accepted that fact, and that is just how it is going to be. ~Jen Lancaster
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ~Ron Kind
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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