Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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You think you are prepared. You think you have done everything you're supposed to, study hard, work hard, keep yourself out of trouble, and then, whoosh! Something arrives out of the blue that you never saw coming. Something you never even imagined. Something that will knock your little world off its axis. Something that will either change your life for the better, or end it forever. Chaos. ~James Michael
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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The Masters is more like a vast Edwardian garden party than a golf tournament. ~Alistair Cooke
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. ~Annie Leibovitz
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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