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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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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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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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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To the seeing eye life is mostly sparrows. ~Will Cuppy
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees. ~John Mackey
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. ~Mel Brooks
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
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