To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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People say, "Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?" But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you? ~John C. Reilly
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If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places. ~Fred Kent
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Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same. ~Malcolm Forbes
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