Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian 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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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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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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All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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