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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people. Turkish Proverb [5] One year's seeding makes seven years weeding; Only fools and horses work; Open confession is good for the soul. Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door; Other times other manners. Out of sight, out of mind

  3. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy - Wikipedia

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    The phrase being shown in the script of The Shining "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is an old proverb that means without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. It is often shortened to "all work and no play". [1]

  4. Ubuntu philosophy - Wikipedia

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    In each of these examples, humanity comes from conforming to or being part of the tribe. According to Michael Onyebuchi Eze, the core of Ubuntu can best be summarised as follows: A person is a person through other people strikes an affirmation of one’s humanity through recognition of an "other" in his or her uniqueness and difference. It is a ...

  5. Beginning of human personhood - Wikipedia

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    Fertilization is the fusing of the gametes; a sperm cell and an ovum (egg cell) fuse to form a single-cell zygote.This is the beginning of the diploid phase of the human life cycle after two genetically unique haploid cells created via meiosis and chromosomal translocation combine their DNA and begin to develop into a multi-cellular organism.

  6. List of United States political catchphrases - Wikipedia

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    "Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country", part of the Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy. [10]"You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore", said by Richard Nixon in 1962 when he retired from politics after losing the 1962 California gubernatorial election.

  7. Proverb - Wikipedia

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    Others are taken from such diverse sources as poetry, [33] [34] stories, [35] songs, commercials, advertisements, movies, literature, etc. [36] A number of the well known sayings of Jesus, Shakespeare, and others have become proverbs, though they were original at the time of their creation, and many of these sayings were not seen as proverbs ...

  8. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations is the Oxford University Press's large quotation dictionary. It lists short quotations that are common in English language and culture. The 8th edition, with 20,000 quotations over 1126 pages, was published in print and online versions in 2014. [1] The first edition was published in 1941.

  9. Quotation - Wikipedia

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    A quotation or quote is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written. [1] In oral speech, it is the representation of an utterance (i.e. of something that a speaker actually said) that is introduced by a quotative marker, such as a verb of saying.