The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. ~Theodore Roosevelt
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out. ~Derek Jeter
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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It is method on "This is England;" it is. But it can't be method on every job because it just doesn't work for everything. ~Vicky McClure
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game. ~Jose Mourinho
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I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up. ~Jennifer Ellison
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Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride. ~Elizabeth Chadwick
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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I am getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan. ~Michael Reagan
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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