When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains' inspection. It's all wrong. You couldn't kill anyone with this. ~Scott Lynch
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese 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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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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