Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be. ~Jane Austen
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable. ~Robert Smith
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We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's "China Beach," "The West Wing," or "E.R." ~Michael Cudlitz
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I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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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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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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We are actors, we have to do what we have to do, and you have to be really solid within yourself. ~Linda Gray
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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