The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~Marlene Dietrich
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quotistAdmire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
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The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. ~Georges Bidault
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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proverbiosPatty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ~Benjamin Whichcote
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying. Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help ~Donald Miller
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment. ~Ann Macbeth
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I would bring things to class that I had cooked at home. ~Giada De Laurentiis
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I like to play music; play guitar; I love that. Play some golf in the summer. Just relax, enjoy the summer. That's nice. ~Henrik Lundqvist
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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