The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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Here you can be a billionaire, like Mark Zuckerberg rich, but you are going to die and you are here for a while and ultimately all of your stuff is kind of like a rental. ~Henry Rollins
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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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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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I promote a healthy lifestyle. ~Kim Kardashian
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish 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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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese 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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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision. ~Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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