People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. ~Michele Bachmann
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true. ~Rick Riordan
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ~Kim Clijsters
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people. ~Barney Frank
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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Everything that happens is meant to be. It is meant to happen like that. But sometimes you don't know at the time that it is meant to be disaster. ~Tony Kaye
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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