Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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I hate when people think you're broken because your parents are divorced. And I really reject the idea of staying together for the kids. If they're growing up in a house that's not healthy, it's better to know that's not the model of what marriage should be. ~Anna Kendrick
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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