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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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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The world will be balanced when we are balanced. ~Tarthang Tulku
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I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know. ~Hunter Hayes
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese 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 good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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