A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Currently, I am overseeing the construction of the new Trump Tower in Chicago. I am involved in meeting with the construction crews, architects and sales teams. I am learning a lot and working with some of the best in the business. ~Bill Rancic
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. ~Ridley Scott
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music. ~Nick Cave
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So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
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