Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanses Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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