What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish 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 was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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I'm not married, and I don't have any kids, so sometimes I envy that end of things when I see a family vacation or people at the beach with their kids or at sporting events with their kids; you wonder, "Is that a part of your life that you want to go into?" ~Kevin Connolly
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. ~Akhil Sharma
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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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