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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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quotistSuccess is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as "don't make a mistake." And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out. ~Bernard L. Schwartz
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout. ~Samantha Stosur
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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randomMost people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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