Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit. ~Dorothy Thompson
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish 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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Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening environmental problem but also one of the greatest challenges facing all of humanity. We must demand a separation between oil and state. We can get off oil and slow global warming. ~Leonardo DiCaprio
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I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. ~Freddy Adu
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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I think we were colonized by aliens 250,000 years ago, and they genetically altered our DNA to be primates into homo erectus and humans. I'm very interested in how we evolved so suddenly, which obviously ties in with the alien thing. ~Al Jourgensen
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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