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"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." »Chinese Proverb
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"The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials." »Chinese Proverb
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"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." »Chinese
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"Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine." »Henry David Thoreau
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"I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum." »Frances Willard
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"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum." »Frances Willard
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"On a good day, I view the job of president as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch-engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction." »A Bartlett Giamatti
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"...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line."" »Tom Robbins, _Skinny Legs and All_, 1990, p. 305.
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