I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you're "stuck" right now, you're probably into fear. Get out of there. You've already looked both ways. Now cross the street, for heaven sake. The cars have long since gone. The coast is clear. Your only obstacle now is your own mind. ~Neale Donald Walsch
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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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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Girls who wear certain kind of dresses, who show certain areas of the body, are not going to like my clothes. You can't please everyone. ~Prabal Gurung
#quotes #prabal-gurung #clothing

Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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I don't think a movie today that captured all the things that we did in the seventies could come close, because it's like asking to recreate the seventies and the audience sensibilities and that's impossible. ~Paul Michael Glaser
#quotes #paul-michael-glaser #70s #past #movies

I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members. ~St. Vincent
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Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
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