It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people. ~Barney Frank
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German 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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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. ~Eric Maisel
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look; that healthy equals beautiful. ~Victoria Principal
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
#quotes #madeleine-albright #change

I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
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