It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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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
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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It takes the glory of God to conceal a matter. It takes the honor of the king to seek out for it. ~Tommy Tenney
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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Gratitude makes things right. ~Melody Beattie
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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