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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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
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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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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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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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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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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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The thing I always say to people is this: "If you avoid failure, you also avoid success." ~Robert Kiyosaki
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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