To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ~Shimon Peres
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. ~Paul Singer
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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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've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company. ~Courtney B. Vance
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
#quotes #anne-lamott #suffering #books

With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests. ~Dorothy Denning
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. ~Isaac Asimov
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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