There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. ~Nizar Qabbani
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that. ~Bill Hicks
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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What exists is a godly existence, a divine existence. God not as a person but as a presence certainly exists. But to understand that presence, you have to understand your own inner presence first, because it is from there that you can take off, it is from there that you can have the first glimpse of what godliness is. If you have not known yourself you will never know God. ~Rajneesh
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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Reality is not meant to be only creedal, though the creeds are important. Reality is to be experienced, and experienced on the basis of a restored relationship with God through that finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. ~Francis Schaeffer
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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