There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world. ~Frederick Lenz
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
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My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda. ~Rick Derringer
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same. ~Malcolm Forbes
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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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