The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~Marlene Dietrich
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. ~Ha-Joon Chang
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All life is rife with possibilities. Seeds have possibilities, but all their tomorrows are caught by the patterning of their life cycle. Animals have possibilities that are greater than that of a fir tree or a blade of grass. Still, though, for most animals, the pattern of instinct, the patterns of their lives, are very strong. Humanity has a far greater range of possibilities, especially the very young. Who will children grow up to be? Who will they marry, what will they believe, what will they create? Creation is a very powerful seed of possibility. ~Patricia Briggs
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I would bring things to class that I had cooked at home. ~Giada De Laurentiis
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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