It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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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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I like acting and things when I like the writing. If I don't like the writing, I don't like acting. I think in some ways everything starts for me from the place of writing. ~Greta Gerwig
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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