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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
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quotistAdditionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ~Jim Costa
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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Find and serve.
namaWhen there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not; you are not smiling about it. ~Wynton Marsalis
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese 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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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Earth to Democrats; displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a good political move. ~Monica Crowley
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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