Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese 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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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Most Fortune 500 companies began as small start-ups whose entrepreneurial founders slowly developed the infrastructure, hired the staff, sourced manufacturers or built their own factory, and created distribution, sales, and marketing plans. ~Lynda Resnick
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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The trauma said. Don't write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones. ~Andrea Gibson
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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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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