The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another. ~Russell M. Nelson
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein. ~Jerry Brown
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided it as far as possible; he didn't really want to become any better acquainted with himself. He knew that if he wanted to show his talents to best advantage, he needed to strike sparks off other people to fan the flames of warmth and exuberance in his heart. On his own he was frosty, no use to himself at all, like a match left lying in its box. ~Stefan Zweig
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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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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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says. ~Dick Cheney
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