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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What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted; it was borrowed, spent, and wasted. ~Paul Ryan
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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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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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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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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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people. ~Jane Fonda
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. ~Phyllis Diller
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