The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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You have to believe in love stories and prince charming and that eventually you'll find your own happily ever after. ~Taylor Swift
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow. ~Barry Sheene
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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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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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