If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature. ~Paul Cezanne
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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You seek problems because you need their gifts. ~Richard Bach
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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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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
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