When I am in situations where I break out of the pattern, it's hard on me. Once you get used to regular scripture study, you miss it if you don't have it. It's like food; you have to have it. I know that I need the scriptures like I need food. I don't miss a regular meal, and I don't miss regular scripture study. ~Henry B. Eyring
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am very pleased to be involved with the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee because its message resonates with me on a very personal level, My own career is an example of the universal power of music, especially the power of Hip Hop, to bring people of different backgrounds together for a common purpose. I hope that my commitment to the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee will encourage all music lovers, both amateurs and professionals - to get involved with the Music Days performance network and contribute to the "Harmony For Humanity" e-Stage. ~Russell Simmons
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. ~Benazir Bhutto
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree; I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing. ~Andrea Corr
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Yes, God wants you to do signs and wonders. But the love of God manifested through you is what people really need. So you first must see His face. You must become so close to His very heartbeat that you can feel what others feel. ~Heidi Baker
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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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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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A promise is a debt. ~Proverb
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