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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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proverbiosThink much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
#quotes #thomas-friedman #caring #community
As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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I am very pleased to be involved with the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee because its message resonates with me on a very personal level, My own career is an example of the universal power of music, especially the power of Hip Hop, to bring people of different backgrounds together for a common purpose. I hope that my commitment to the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee will encourage all music lovers, both amateurs and professionals - to get involved with the Music Days performance network and contribute to the "Harmony For Humanity" e-Stage. ~Russell Simmons
#quotes #russell-simmons #music
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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