It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. ~Anne O'Hare McCormick
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain. ~Bob Dylan
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"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity. ~David Lloyd Jones
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The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. ~Ha-Joon Chang
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ~Barbara Jordan
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I have had a few people recognise me in public. But I wouldn't like everybody to recognise me. I can still walk across the street and not be noticed. ~Bonnie Wright
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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Animals are the best actors. They never lie, they're always present, and they listen. That's a lot more than a lot of actors can say for themselves. ~Graham Phillips
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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