Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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Instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time. ~Jerry Bridges
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is objective evaluations that give our hardwiring principles teeth and drive the organization toward results that last. ~Quint Studer
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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I dream about people who do not need to have sex to know they love each other. ~Carol Rifka Brunt
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
#quotes #nguyen-cao-ky #peace #united-states

Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
#quotes #leigh-bardugo #love

You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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