The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
#quotes #ben-jonson #reality

Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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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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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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"You're children. Don't you want a home, a family?" "With, like, vitamin-fortified cereal and educational television? ~James Patterson
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
#quotes #john-coltrane #feelings

I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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I occasionally got called the Rush Limbaugh of Indiana, but most people knew that my style was different. ~Mike Pence
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I have always felt that kids are really smart. ~Michelle Trachtenberg
#quotes #michelle-trachtenberg #children #intelligence

A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music. ~Simon Cowell
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