It is extraordinary how inventive one can be with ethanol right now. ~Daniel Yergin
#quotes #daniel-yergin

One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
#quotes #maya-angelou #smoking #music

The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
#quotes #donald-davis #reality #stories

Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
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When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
#quotes #jill-lepore #childhood

There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
#quotes #william-james #personality

He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #books #stupidity

I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. ~Stella McCartney
#quotes #stella-mccartney #fashion #technology

If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #future

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
#quotes #benjamin-franklin #friendship #enemy

One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
#quotes #ronald-steel #politics

No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #medicine #doctors

Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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