Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching. ~Steve Waugh
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message. ~James Patterson
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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