I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ~Erich Fromm
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
#quotes #amby-burfoot #sports #marathon

Science is not about what is true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence. ~Lee Smolin
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all. ~Nancy Sinatra
#quotes #nancy-sinatra #australia #germany #japan #united-states

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
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I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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Reality is not meant to be only creedal, though the creeds are important. Reality is to be experienced, and experienced on the basis of a restored relationship with God through that finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. ~Francis Schaeffer
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Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ~Jim Costa
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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