Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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