I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. ~Galileo Galilei
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth. ~Rob Bell
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously? ~Steve Stevaert
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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If you're "stuck" right now, you're probably into fear. Get out of there. You've already looked both ways. Now cross the street, for heaven sake. The cars have long since gone. The coast is clear. Your only obstacle now is your own mind. ~Neale Donald Walsch
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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In our post 9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. ~Mike Rogers
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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