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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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. ~Richard M. Nixon
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You know, when you start, especially with me, I did not really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater. ~Ludivine Sagnier
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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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It takes the glory of God to conceal a matter. It takes the honor of the king to seek out for it. ~Tommy Tenney
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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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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good. ~Brad Goreski
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish 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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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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