The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots. ~Derek Jeter
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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
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Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. ~Joe Scarborough
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ~Anita Desai
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. ~Akhil Sharma
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I failed at the biggest things there are in life. I failed in my health, I failed in my marriage, I failed in everything, and I have picked myself up and gone on. ~Sharon Stone
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If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ~William Hazlitt
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. ~Moses
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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I represent Orlando, Florida, the world's number one vacation destination. ~Ric Keller
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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