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He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to ob

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. – Chinese Proverb

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Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things. – Chinese Proverb

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Discontent
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If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape one hundred days of sorrow. – Chinese Proverb

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Anger
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Conscience
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A mans conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldnt do — but it does not keep him from doing it. – Frank A. Clark

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Conscience

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. – Josh Billings

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Conscience

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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Conscience

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape. – George Bancroft

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Conscience

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Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind. – Alexander Pope

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I learned what I really love is making films, not the film business. I want to be on the set, meeting with writers, I want that freedom. I love it now. – Harvey Weinstein

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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. – Joseph Heller

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If anything I consider myself non-violent, Im from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy. – Rick James

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Peace