He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. ~Dave Davies
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. ~John Wayne
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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If you're "stuck" right now, you're probably into fear. Get out of there. You've already looked both ways. Now cross the street, for heaven sake. The cars have long since gone. The coast is clear. Your only obstacle now is your own mind. ~Neale Donald Walsch
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Eating people is wrong. ~Michael Flanders
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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I'm not married, and I don't have any kids, so sometimes I envy that end of things when I see a family vacation or people at the beach with their kids or at sporting events with their kids; you wonder, "Is that a part of your life that you want to go into?" ~Kevin Connolly
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