The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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No matter what you do each day; or in life, doing things God's way is a matter of the heart. ~Elizabeth George
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught. ~Eric Ries
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth. ~Rob Bell
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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It is extraordinary how inventive one can be with ethanol right now. ~Daniel Yergin
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom. ~Don Henley
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
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