I am going to embarrass myself. I have accepted that fact, and that is just how it is going to be. ~Jen Lancaster
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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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The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace. ~M. Scott Peck
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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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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I'm 31 now. I think I'm beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means. ~Adam Sandler
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. ~Joe Scarborough
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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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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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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