When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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