The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
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Every decision you make is a mistake. ~Edward Dahlberg
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash. ~Amelia Earhart
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. ~Michele Bachmann
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
#quotes #john-shelton-reed #south #san-jose

Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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