It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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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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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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People have to be free to investigate computer security. People have to be free to look for the vulnerabilities and create proof of concept code to show that they are true vulnerabilities in order for us to secure our systems. ~Edward Snowden
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. ~Maya Angelou
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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