A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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I went to church with my grandparents sometimes, and I loved it. ~Anne Lamott
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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You 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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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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