Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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All the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumping gas. ~Dionne Warwick
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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
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. ~Laurel Clark
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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