If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ~David Hyde Pierce
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. ~Robert Orben
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Health care is not about insurance! Health care is about getting treatment. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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