I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. ~Miles Teller
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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I think we were colonized by aliens 250,000 years ago, and they genetically altered our DNA to be primates into homo erectus and humans. I'm very interested in how we evolved so suddenly, which obviously ties in with the alien thing. ~Al Jourgensen
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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That's what acting is; it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. ~Kerry Washington
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I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up. ~Jennifer Ellison
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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