But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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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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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. ~Pete Sampras
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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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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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. ~Stephen LaBerge
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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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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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~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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