I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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Most Fortune 500 companies began as small start-ups whose entrepreneurial founders slowly developed the infrastructure, hired the staff, sourced manufacturers or built their own factory, and created distribution, sales, and marketing plans. ~Lynda Resnick
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you. ~Jim Palmer
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~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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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult. ~Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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