Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
#quotes #philip-pullman #life #trust

Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up. ~Susan Cain
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
#quotes #samuel-taylor-coleridge #mind

He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #love #speaking

Winning is everything in Hollywood. ~Olympia Dukakis
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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