Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not. ~Leos Carax
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
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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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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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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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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Go to your duty, every man, and trust yourself to Christ; for He will give you all supply just as fast as you need it. You will have just as much power as you believe you can have. Be a Christian; throw yourself upon God's work; and get the ability you want in it. ~Horace Bushnell
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