If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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Death closes all doors. ~English Proverb
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
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The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
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When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. ~Maya Angelou
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Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive. ~Kakha Bendukidze
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Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. ~Laurel Clark
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress. ~Jean Bertrand Aristide
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. ~Soren Kierkegaard
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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