One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese 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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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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I'm living the dream. ~David Petraeus
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. ~Annie Leibovitz
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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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
#quotes #sarah-lacy #economy #china

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom. ~Pierre Corneille
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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