Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree; I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing. ~Andrea Corr
#quotes #andrea-corr #family #understanding #communication

Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic 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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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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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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What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. ~Tom Petty
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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I think I'm doing some good. Obviously, I don't need any more money. ~Joe Jamail
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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If someone were to say, "Well, what would you have done differently?" I'd say, "Nothing." I think you need to make mistakes. ~Kim Kardashian
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before, and from other years, too; to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step. ~Tony Romo
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