Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy. ~Bono
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout. ~Samantha Stosur
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My dad in particular, I tend to use; I call him "The Brain." If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings. ~Joshua Malina
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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