The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human mental process called worrying depends upon having a brain that can reason, remember, reflect, feel, and imagine. Only humans have a brain big enough to do this simultaneously and do it well. ~Edward Hallowell
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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