The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
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Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times. ~Richard Linklater
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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If the stock goes down we want to buy more. ~Walter Schloss
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest, I will say the greatest. ~William Friedkin
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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