I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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I really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight. ~Len Goodman
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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I live for now, not for what happens after I die. ~Liam Gallagher
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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