Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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The present can try to bury the past, an operation that is most atrocious when it is most successful. ~Mary McCarthy
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder. ~John D. Rockefeller
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ~Moby
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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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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Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask. ~Kate Winslet
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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