If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian 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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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs. ~Robert Scheer
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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As I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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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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We all know of course, that we should never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever fiddle around in any way with electrical equipment. Never. ~Daniel Handler
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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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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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. ~Eric Maisel
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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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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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