On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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Reality is not meant to be only creedal, though the creeds are important. Reality is to be experienced, and experienced on the basis of a restored relationship with God through that finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. ~Francis Schaeffer
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English 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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Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
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Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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We are actors, we have to do what we have to do, and you have to be really solid within yourself. ~Linda Gray
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you. ~Mooji
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Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role. ~Lauren Willig
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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