You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling. ~Hugh Jackman
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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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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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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