We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness. ~Robert Harris
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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