The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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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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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ~John Bulwer
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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I tried spinning around in a chair to impress a girl. ~Ray Toro
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. ~Leland Stanford
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
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