We are focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important. ~John W. Snow
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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You know, when you start, especially with me, I did not really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater. ~Ludivine Sagnier
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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