A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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People should decide "are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?" I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money; they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet. ~Felix Baumgartner
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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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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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid. ~John Wayne
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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