The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. ~Ha-Joon Chang
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
#proverbs #mind #heart

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes Valmore
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
#quotes #elisabeth-elliot #marriage

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
#quotes #garson-kanin #night #thinking

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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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good. ~Brad Goreski
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #freedom #work

The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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