A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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As I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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I doubt anyone in Hollywood has had more "dates" than me. ~George Hamilton
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I want to take back at least half of the "I love you"s, because I didn't mean them as much as the other ones. ~David Levithan
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I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution. ~Luc Montagnier
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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