You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic 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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For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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I am kind of a grinder. I am a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights. ~Zach Johnson
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to at best three years. ~Helen Fisher
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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