A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else! ~Kelly Wearstler
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Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go. ~Zach Johnson
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Will is stronger than fact; it can mold and overcome fact. ~H. G. Wells
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go. ~Wayne McGregor
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home. ~Daphne Guinness
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Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hello and hi. Slowly open your eyes. Get up from your bed. Go to the window. The great sun is waiting to say "Good Morning" to you.
#greetings #cute