In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. ~Benazir Bhutto
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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I definitely have two Olympics in me; I don't know about three Olympics. ~Gracie Gold
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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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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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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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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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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