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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The Masters is more like a vast Edwardian garden party than a golf tournament. ~Alistair Cooke
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish 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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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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In our post 9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. ~Mike Rogers
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English 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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If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. ~Confucius
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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