Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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proverbiosA sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese 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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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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Cyberbullying is an issue that affects all of us and demands that Canadians work together to put an end to it. This national public awareness campaign is an important step in protecting our children online. Along with our government's introduction of Bill C-13, the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, we are taking clear action to tackle cyberbullying. ~Peter MacKay
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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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