Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. ~Benazir Bhutto
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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People say, "Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?" But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you? ~John C. Reilly
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members. ~St. Vincent
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck; and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee; or you can go out and become an entrepreneur. ~Al Michaels
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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