Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good. ~Brad Goreski
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang will ... dramatically up the odds of a wow outcome! ~Tom Peters
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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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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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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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