Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true. ~Rick Riordan
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. ~Leland Stanford
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The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. ~Truman Capote
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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