It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~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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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment. ~Ann Macbeth
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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I don't know where I come from but I am here now so deal with it. ~Gary Busey
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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