Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy. ~Naveen Jain
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish 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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An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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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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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. ~Moses
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I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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