What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. ~Miles Teller
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I don't mean to imply that we are in imminent danger of being wiped off the face of the earth; at least, not on account of global warming. But climate change does confront us with profound new realities. We face these new realities as a nation, as members of the world community, as consumers, as producers, and as investors. And unless we do a better job of adjusting to these new realities, we will pay a heavy price. We may not suffer the fate of the dinosaurs. But there will be a toll on our environment and on our economy, and the toll will rise higher with each new generation. ~Eileen Claussen
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
#quotes #tom-hanks #50s #generation

Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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True celebration should come from your life, in your life. And true celebration cannot be according to the calendar, that on the first of November you will celebrate. Strange, the whole year you are miserable and on the first of November suddenly you come out of misery, dancing. Either, the misery is false, or the first of November is false; both cannot be true. And once the first of November has gone, you are back in your dark hole, everybody in his misery, everybody in his anxiety. ~Rajneesh
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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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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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