Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
#proverbs #silence

A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
#quotes #janet-evanovich #cars

Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
#quotes #randy-houser #parenting

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. ~Theodore Roosevelt
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~William Arthur Ward
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #medicine #doctors

Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
#proverbs #dutch-proverbs #age

Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
#quotes #amy-tan #family

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
#quotes #william-faulkner #stars

And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
#quotes #emily-watson #relationship #surprise

Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
#quotes #billy-childish #failure

A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
#quotes #colum-mccann #democracy #stories

All the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumping gas. ~Dionne Warwick
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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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 better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #anger