"Adversity makes a man wise, not rich."

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Source : John Ray, John Belfour (1813). “A complete collection of English proverbs: also, the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and other languages”, p.76

John Ray

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“Vladimir Putin is a human rights abuser, responsible for deaths in Ukraine, Georgia and Syria, not to mention curious murders of his political opponents and journalists.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“This is like the town council just hired a new marshal to clean up the town, I guarantee you, if I stay here long enough, they'll get rid of me, too.”
“I make my music to express everything I feel is necessary to communicate at a given time. Through music, I can express myself with statements that are more nuanced and more contradictory than factual details.”
“One of the best programmers I ever hired had only a High School degree; he's produced a lot of great software, has his own news group, and made enough in stock options to buy his own nightclub.”

Source : "Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years". norvig.com. 2001.
“I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars.”
“The choice that you, as a Soul, have in relation to anything is always to be loving. Do you understand that this is the divine purpose that all of us as humans have been given - to love unconditionally?”
“Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.”
“A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than screaming.”

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