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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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay. ~John Schlesinger
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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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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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Repression, however, is not the most obvious characteristic of the sea; the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look. ~Marianne Moore
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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In a game like football, where you have very little time to decide what you are going to do, you have to react almost instinctively, naturally. ~Vince Lombardi
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Science is not about what is true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence. ~Lee Smolin
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I'm a songwriter first. ~Carole King
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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