If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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People aren't paying to see the Kevin McHale show, they're paying to see the cast of "Glee." ~Kevin McHale
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. ~Desmond Dekker
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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