It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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You can almost taste the pressure now. ~Vin Scully
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Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. ~Warren Farrell
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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You are what you "tweet".~ Internet Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people. ~Jane Fonda
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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