The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. ~Ha-Joon Chang
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ~David Bailey
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. ~Martha Reeves
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer. ~Jason Mewes
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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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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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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