Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all. ~Nancy Sinatra
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A watched pot never boils. ~English 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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Whatever you choose you will repent because the other will remain and haunt you. If one needs absolute freedom then choiceless awareness is the only thing. ~Rajneesh
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein. ~Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature. ~Zeno of Citium
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Romania is an interesting place because I think it has been abused, on so many different levels. ~Kiefer Sutherland
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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I have been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the no-fly zone. ~Philippe Perrin
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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