Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Empathy is even better than talking in one language. ~Rumi
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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