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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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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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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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Gratitude makes things right. ~Melody Beattie
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
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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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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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