I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. ~Akhil Sharma
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. ~Stephen LaBerge
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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