Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. ~George E. Allen
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people. ~Jane Fonda
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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When you're young and good-looking, you've got to behave. But when you're old, you can get away with murder. ~Julie Newmar
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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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
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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