Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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A promise is a debt. ~Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state. ~Benjamin Netanyahu
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If the stock goes down we want to buy more. ~Walter Schloss
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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