Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit. ~Dorothy Thompson
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself. ~Candance Bushnell
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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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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors. ~Michael Servetus
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home. ~Evelyn Glennie
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
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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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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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