They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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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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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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It always surprised me that I was getting acting work. ~Mary Lynn Rajskub
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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