I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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Our state has a balanced budget. We have to live within our means in the state of Wyoming. I was in the state senate. This country needs a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. ~John Barrasso
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid. ~Rafael Nadal
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Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to at best three years. ~Helen Fisher
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish 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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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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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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