Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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Fear and courage are brothers. ~Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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I love documentaries and the computer. I am a little addicted to the computer, and that relaxes me. I find information, I shop, and I look up people I worked with to find out if they're dead or alive. ~Anne Meara
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Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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