The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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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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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
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Braniac dumb-dumbs, bust the scientifical.
Approach to the course and the force is centrifugal. Can you find your way through the lyrics that be catching them? Throw another rhyme across the room, they be fetching them. ~Masta Ace
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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Your prosperity will only grow as fast as you do. ~Randy Gage
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Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same. ~Barbara Kingsolver
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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