Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness; and there is a big difference. ~Ty Cobb
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. ~Sun Tzu
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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If you weren't pretty, it wouldn't matter what you said or didn't say. That's why you're getting this attention. ~Miesha Tate
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well. ~Bob Brown
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. ~Truman Capote
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English 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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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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