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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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proverbiosIf we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin's] idea that the community's morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community's morality. ~Ronald Dworkin
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
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