The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. ~D. H. Lawrence
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you want to know how much I miss you, try to catch rain drops. The ones you catch is how much you miss me, and the ones you miss is how much I miss you.
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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Align yourself with outstanding strategic partners. ~Carol Roth
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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