I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture. ~Joyce Meyer
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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The world will be balanced when we are balanced. ~Tarthang Tulku
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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