The unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of invention within them. Economy and efficiency move their relentless tinkering and yet the real motive often seems to be aesthetic. The mind that first designed a cutter bar is not far different from a mind that can take the intractable steel of an outsized sickle blade and make it hum in the end. The question is how to reduce the simplicity that constitutes a problem to the greater simplicity that constitutes a solution. ~Verlyn Klinkenborg
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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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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Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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A forest is in an acorn. ~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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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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The West is dead; you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. ~Charles Marion Russell
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There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. ~Nizar Qabbani
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. ~Will Durant
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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