If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another. ~Russell M. Nelson
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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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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The rain follows after the forest. ~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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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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I am kind of a grinder. I am a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights. ~Zach Johnson
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He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided it as far as possible; he didn't really want to become any better acquainted with himself. He knew that if he wanted to show his talents to best advantage, he needed to strike sparks off other people to fan the flames of warmth and exuberance in his heart. On his own he was frosty, no use to himself at all, like a match left lying in its box. ~Stefan Zweig
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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