A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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