You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me ~Ray LaMontagne
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life. ~Joseph Prince
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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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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