What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
#quotes #chang-rae-lee #love

What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
#proverbs #death

In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
#quotes #dule-hill #acting #black

If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German 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 I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
#quotes #sarah-lacy #economy #china

Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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