People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. ~Michele Bachmann
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well; nothing. ~Phoebe Tonkin
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian 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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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well. ~Bob Brown
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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