Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. ~V. S. Naipaul
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Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to. ~Martin Luther
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to. ~Robert H. Schuller
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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As I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
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A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right. ~Sean Astin
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. ~William Shakespeare
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that. ~Bill Hicks
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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