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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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proverbiosYou can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #trust
When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #attitude
We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
#quotes #judith-martin #women
A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. ~J. P. Morgan
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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