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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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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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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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African 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 was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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