Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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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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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers. ~Caleb Cushing
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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self, and so it destroys the gift of life in him or her ~Mother Teresa
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Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. ~Kenneth Scott Latourette
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
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Let's be very clear, if you check the F.E.C. records you will see I am supporting George W. Bush. ~Roger Stone
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