Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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proverbiosThe reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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quotistA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
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Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening environmental problem but also one of the greatest challenges facing all of humanity. We must demand a separation between oil and state. We can get off oil and slow global warming. ~Leonardo DiCaprio
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor. ~Ray Liotta
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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As I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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