One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. ~William Shatner
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me. ~Anna Kournikova
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I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution. ~Luc Montagnier
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian 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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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. ~Nhat Hanh
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods. ~Teri Hatcher
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You're a product just as much. A product of a product. The people who design cars, they're products, your teachers, products. The minister in your church, another product. ~Chuck Palahniuk
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There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb. ~Irwin Redlener
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
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