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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
#quotes #melanie-griffith #education #internet #knowledge
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
#quotes #muriel-barbery #world
I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
#quotes #naguib-mahfouz #knomeini #power
One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
#quotes #abraham-maslow #king #future
Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
#proverbs #polish-proverbs
proverbiosThis world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
#quotes #doris-lessing #world
Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
#proverbs #italian-proverbs #advice
I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
#quotes #bill-gates #philanthropy #humanity
Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world. ~Frederick Lenz
#quotes #frederick-lenz #yoga #mistakes
A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #friendship
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
#quotes #amby-burfoot #sports #marathon
At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #gambling
In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
#quotes #ron-wyden #medicine #poverty
Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
#proverbs #sicilian-proverbs #friendship
The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
#proverbs #welsh-proverbs #quotations #sayings
The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
#quotes #roger-avary #philosophy #stoicism #conscious
A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #conscience
He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
#proverbs #stupidity
You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world. ~Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
#quotes #louise-berliawsky-nevelson #creation #world
He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #love #speaking
A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #friendship
Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
#proverbs #turkish-proverbs #coffee
Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
#proverbs #polish-proverbs #philosophical
I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
#quotes #jessye-norman #mind #experience #world