A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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The debate over same sex "marriage" has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. ~Elliott Abrams
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Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past. ~Friedrich Schiller
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You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to. ~Robert H. Schuller
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? ~Peter Schuyler
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me. ~Joe Torre
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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