Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. ~Mel Brooks
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
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I never really thought about becoming a professional musician. ~John Mayall
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There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. ~Nizar Qabbani
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You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to. ~Robert H. Schuller
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Reality is not meant to be only creedal, though the creeds are important. Reality is to be experienced, and experienced on the basis of a restored relationship with God through that finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. ~Francis Schaeffer
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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