I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. ~Gerry Adams
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known. ~Bryan Lee O'Malley
#quotes #bryan-lee-o-malley #life #places

The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
#quotes #robert-quillen #ignorance

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #youth

Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
#quotes #george-william-russell #nature #wisdom #life #perfection

There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
#quotes #john-coltrane #feelings

Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
#quotes #carol-plum-ucci #happiness

The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
#proverbs #eating #breathing

I want you to really be able to grasp the wonder of it, the marvel of it, the size of it and really be able to get a good conception of its magnificence and it tremendous colossal gigantic stupendous size and beauty and splendour! ~David Berg
#quotes #david-berg #magnificence #beauty

Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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"Perfect justice rules the world" for the Powers that are superior to us know the whole life of the Soul and all its' former lives. ~Iamblichus
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
#quotes #marcus-tullius-cicero #ethics

In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
#quotes #sebastian-faulks #70s #eating

But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
#quotes #ouida #family #hardship