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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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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