Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification. ~Sigmund Freud
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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice. ~Voltaire
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In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story. ~David Morse
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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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It is very hard to concentrate when your stomach is rumbling. ~Shania Twain
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Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay. ~John Schlesinger
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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Movements are as eloquent as words. ~Isadora Duncan
#quotes #isadora-duncan #sports #language

An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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In our post 9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. ~Mike Rogers
#quotes #mike-rogers #education #military #united-states