The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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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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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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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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