Places are fragmentary and inward-turning histories, pasts that others are not allowed to read, accumulated times that can be unfolded but like stories held in reserve, remaining in an enigmatic state, symbolizations encysted in the pain or pleasure of he body. "I feel good here": the well-being under-expressed in the language it appears in like a fleeting glimmer is a spatial practice. ~Michel de Certeau
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin 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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Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it. ~Marie de Rabutin Chantal
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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