Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. ~Richard M. Nixon
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I am getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan. ~Michael Reagan
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang will ... dramatically up the odds of a wow outcome! ~Tom Peters
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor. ~Ray Liotta
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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I have a natural curiosity for people. ~Nicholas Haslam
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #humor

May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund "Obamacare." They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the "Obamacare" program. ~Paul Ryan
#quotes #paul-ryan #barack-obama #politics