A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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I definitely have two Olympics in me; I don't know about three Olympics. ~Gracie Gold
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In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
#quotes #ron-wyden #medicine #poverty

May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. ~Benazir Bhutto
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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The privatization law draft was recently released and I believe that very soon we will start applying it, of course taking into consideration the provisions of UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo). ~Ibrahim Rugova
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
#quotes #tom-jenkinson #squarepusher #one-direction #writing #music

He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
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Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask. ~Kate Winslet
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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