Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification. ~Sigmund Freud
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool. ~Mark Webber
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Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've seen you engage and I've seen you turn out in record numbers. I've heard your voices amplified by creativity and a digital fluency that those of us in older generations can barely comprehend. I've seen a generation eager, impatient even, to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course. ~Barack Obama
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else! ~Kelly Wearstler
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If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places. ~Fred Kent
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic 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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My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. ~Bill Keller
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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