If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~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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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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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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You have the gift of a brilliant internal guardian that stands ready to warn you of hazards and guide you through risky situations. ~Gavin de Becker
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice. ~Voltaire
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You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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All artists are anarchists in some way; some more extreme than others, but it is something that I think artists are supposed to do. We are supposed to present a different angle on everything, and I certainly think it is as much as poetry, in my opinion. ~Robert Zemeckis
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese 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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Yes, God wants you to do signs and wonders. But the love of God manifested through you is what people really need. So you first must see His face. You must become so close to His very heartbeat that you can feel what others feel. ~Heidi Baker
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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