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• Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.

  Bob Marley

  Tattoo, Rasta, Slavery

  "Song: 'Uprising'". 1979.

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• As the adage goes, 'fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me'... It's time for patriots everywhere to rally together again and take back America.

  Chuck Norris

  Together Again, America, Fool Me Once

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• Waiting for wisdom to open the cage, we forged in the fires of the innocent age.

  Dan Fogelberg

  Fire, Waiting, Age

  Song: The Innocent Age, Album: The Innocent Age, 1981

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• Do not put all your eggs in one basket.

  Warren Buffett

  Easter, Eggs, Investment Success

  Lawrence A. Cunningham, Warren E. Buffett (2013). “The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America (Third Edition)”, p.13, Carolina Academic Press

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• Each thread of life that you leave, will spin around your deeds and dictate your needs.

  Don McLean

  Needs, Deeds, Thread

  Song: Dreidel, Album: Don McLean

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• Stealing is a lazy man's way. Something for nothing, leaves you hell to pay.

  Michael Peterson

  Men, Lazy Man, Pay

  Song: Drink, Swear, Steal and Lie

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• It’s not just the adage ‘write what you know,’ it’s about gathering up all of the knowledge and experience you’ve collected up to now to help you dive into the things you don’t know.

  Sarah Kay

  Motivation, Inspiration, Writing

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• You can’t change the world, but you can change yourself. That adage suits consumer capitalism perfectly, since the illusion of changing ourselves is a successfully maintained through shopping.

  Madeleine Bunting

  Shopping, World, Suits

  "The end is nigh" by Madeleine Bunting, www.theguardian.com. August 27, 2001.

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• Sometimes you've got to fight when your a man.

  Kenny Rogers

  Fighting, Men, Sometimes

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• Don't judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same

  Elton John

  Men, Judging, Every Man

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• One common adage...that is completely wrongheaded is: You can't go broke taking profits. That's precisely how many traders do go broke. While amateurs go broke by taking large losses, professionals go broke by taking small profits.

  William Eckhardt

  Loss, Common, Broke

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• Stay free of petty jealousies, live by no man's code, and hold your judgment for yourself, lest you wind up on this road.

  Bob Dylan

  Men, Wind, Live By

  Bob Dylan (2014). “The Lyrics: Since 1962”, p.288, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't put down too many roots in terms of a domicile. I have lived in four countries and I think my life as a writer and our family's life have been enriched by this. I think a writer has to experience new environments. There is that adage: No man can really succeed if he doesn't move away from where he was born. I believe it is particularly true for the writer.

  Arthur Hailey

  Country, Believe, Moving

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• Be careful not to give too much credence to the old adage that time heals. Mark my word. It's God that heals. Time only tells.

  Beth Moore

  Giving, Too Much, Time Heals

  Beth Moore (2010). “So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us”, p.74, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Take a lesson from the trees, watch the way they bend with each breeze, little victories.

  Bob Seger

  Tree, Victory, Watches

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• Trust isn't something that's spoken and love's never wrong when it's real.

  Dan Fogelberg

  Real, And Love

  Song: Believe In Me, 1984

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• Think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown.

  Gordon Lightfoot

  Thinking, Fool, Virtue

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• There's no exception to the rule, yes, everybody's somebody's fool.

  Connie Francis

  Exception To The Rule, Fool, Exception

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• There is no profit in deceit. An honest man knows revenge is not sweet.

  Robert Palmer

  Sweet, Revenge, Men

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• The walls of pride are high and wide, can't see over to the other side.

  Bob Dylan

  Wall, Pride, Sides

  Song: Cold Irons Bound, 1997

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• The soul needs attention like the body needs to breath.

  Ray Davies

  Soul, Needs, Attention

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• The naked truth is still taboo.

  Bob Dylan

  Naked, Truth Is, Taboo

  Song: Dirge, Album: Planet Waves, 1974

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• The same rain that drowns the rat will grow the hay.

  Amy Grant

  Rain, Hay, Rats

  Song: How Can We See That Far, Album: Heart in Motion, 1991

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• The major ingredient of any recipe for fear is the unknown.

  Michael Jackson

  Recipes, Ingredients, Majors

  Song: Threatened, Album: Invincible, 2001

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• The hurt of a love that is lost has no cure but the love of another heart.

  Christopher Cross

  Hurt, Heart, Lost

  Song: Words Of Wisdom, Album: Another Page

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