The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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Everything in moderation. And that includes a couple of beers a day. ~Stephen King
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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A promise is a debt. ~Proverb
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Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you. ~Bryce Harper
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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I've had a fairy tale life. I had a perfect family, a beautiful childhood, an incredible upbringing. I lived a lot of life but a lot of good life. ~John Stamos
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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I'm happy that I was able to experience a normal life besides show business, because it gives you something to draw from. ~Ashley Tisdale
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I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down. ~Young Buck
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Gardening is a humbling experience. ~Martha Stewart
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me. ~Chuck Mangione
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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I know just how isolating it can feel to experience severe anxiety. ~Zoe Sugg
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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Working with the likes of Joseph Fiennes was just an incredible experience. ~Alice Eve
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