We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish 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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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish 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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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese 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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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African 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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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish 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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I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy. ~Naveen Jain
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It is my belief that cooking is a craft. I think that you can push it into the realm of art, but it starts with craft. It starts with an understanding of materials. It starts with an understanding of where foods are grown. ~Tom Colicchio
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ~Joseph Addison
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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Democracy is the best chance for the best people. ~Robert Frost
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It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good. ~Miguel Cabrera
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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