Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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You think you are prepared. You think you have done everything you're supposed to, study hard, work hard, keep yourself out of trouble, and then, whoosh! Something arrives out of the blue that you never saw coming. Something you never even imagined. Something that will knock your little world off its axis. Something that will either change your life for the better, or end it forever. Chaos. ~James Michael
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people. ~Tia Carrere
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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The privatization law draft was recently released and I believe that very soon we will start applying it, of course taking into consideration the provisions of UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo). ~Ibrahim Rugova
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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Embrace your dorkdom or rail against it. The choice is yours. ~Brendan Fraser
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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