The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. ~Confucius
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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Earth to Democrats; displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a good political move. ~Monica Crowley
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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