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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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture. ~Joyce Meyer
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Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times. ~Richard Linklater
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ~Ron Kind
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It's not like I had aspirations, well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing. ~James Cromwell
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You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to. ~Robert H. Schuller
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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right winger. ~Robert Winston
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
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