How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in. ~Bill Budge
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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