Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~Michel de Montaigne
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. ~Galileo Galilei
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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A human heart that matched what we think of as heart-shaped; a perfectly formed bright red thing with two halves of equal size; would be one that was horribly diseased. The origin of this stylized representation is somewhat obscure, but it probably appeared at the same time as St. Valentine's Day, about whose history there is much dispute. ~George Fetherling
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. ~Stella McCartney
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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It was like two different photographers, and shot in three different locations and it was really fun to do. There were 12 beautiful girls in it. It was great. ~Gisele Bundchen
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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