For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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Your prosperity will only grow as fast as you do. ~Randy Gage
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
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You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving. ~Ted Olson
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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I think when it comes to botox and surgery, actresses should do it or not do it, but be honest about their choices. ~Debra Winger
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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