A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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proverbiosPossessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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quotistYou can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Most clients expect experience design to be a discrete activity, solving all their problems with a single functional specification or a single research study. It must be an ongoing effort, a process of continually learning about users, responding to their behaviors, and evolving the product or service. ~Dan Brown
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because then you get Gummi tummy, and that's no good. I can't believe I'm saying this. ~Jensen Ackles
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ~Joseph Addison
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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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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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hardest job in America is being a single mom. There are a lot of them and a lot of them in Baltimore and I think that they absolutely do their best. They can't keep continue to do their best if businesses flee the city. ~Dana Perino
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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