Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
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Open access is good, but we have to have ways and means where content that has been generated with a lot of effort and cost also gets the chance to monetise itself as is now beginning to happen in the West where some publications are really beginning to make their internet revenue lines and subscription revenue lines quite significant. ~Raghav Bahl
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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If I want my people to be free, Americans have to be free. ~Russell Means
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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