When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish 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
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ~Erich Fromm
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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Are you the welcoming committee? Or has Jeremy finally chained you up to the front gate where you belong?" "I missed you too. ~Kelley Armstrong
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I look at couples in the street who are in their sixties and have been together for 40 years, and they're my idols. That's Ice and me for sure. ~Coco Austin
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary. ~Billy Crystal
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Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score. ~Frank Leahy
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia. ~Jason Aldean
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race. ~Kirk Hammett
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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