To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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proverbiosA bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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quotistWhat if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? ~Peter Schuyler
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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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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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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The representational-image urge is actually a kind of heightened perception, and I don't stop to think. I don't freeze up, it's actually a kind of letting-go. It's like dancing. At a certain point it's conscious, unconscious, everything is kind of coming together. ~Michael Light
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I know just how isolating it can feel to experience severe anxiety. ~Zoe Sugg
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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