One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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I do not want to see perpetual warfare in the Middle East. ~Bernie Sanders
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people. ~Jane Fonda
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather kept them humble. ~Annie Proulx
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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