Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather kept them humble. ~Annie Proulx
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. ~Robert Orben
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. ~Jon Krakauer
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy; they are coming together. There need not be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe. ~Orhan Pamuk
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's "China Beach," "The West Wing," or "E.R." ~Michael Cudlitz
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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