In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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True celebration should come from your life, in your life. And true celebration cannot be according to the calendar, that on the first of November you will celebrate. Strange, the whole year you are miserable and on the first of November suddenly you come out of misery, dancing. Either, the misery is false, or the first of November is false; both cannot be true. And once the first of November has gone, you are back in your dark hole, everybody in his misery, everybody in his anxiety. ~Rajneesh
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund "Obamacare." They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the "Obamacare" program. ~Paul Ryan
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum. Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun. Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock. Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock. ~Marty Stuart
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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