All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree; I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing. ~Andrea Corr
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen 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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Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~Proverb
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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It's not about working anymore, it's about doing work I can be proud of. ~Paul Walker
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German 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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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang will ... dramatically up the odds of a wow outcome! ~Tom Peters
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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