I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
#quotes #junot-diaz #childhood #reading #geek

The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #work

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #food #mind

God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events. ~Lisa Ling
#quotes #lisa-ling #conscious

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #health

He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
#quotes #viggo-mortensen #interesting

Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
#proverbs #yugoslav-proverbs #human

Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
#proverbs #exaggeration

It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #stupidity

Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what this is. ~Stephen Chbosky
#quotes #stephen-chbosky

No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #carpe-diem

I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
#quotes #dave-davies #politics #religion

Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
#quotes #john-clellon-holmes #soul