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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. ~Seth Godin
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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proverbiosAnyone 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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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
#quotes #shelby-foote #writing #books
The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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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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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me ~Ray LaMontagne
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb. ~Irwin Redlener
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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