Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. ~Sylvia Boorstein
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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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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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
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It was like two different photographers, and shot in three different locations and it was really fun to do. There were 12 beautiful girls in it. It was great. ~Gisele Bundchen
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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