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Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them going.
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Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
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It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.
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Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.
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There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.
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The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
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If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck
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Many are called but few get up.
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You won't skid if you stay in a rut.
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Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.
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How long will they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?
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One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything else.
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A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.
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To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last -- but eat you he will.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.
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My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.
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Anything you do can get you fired; this includes doing nothing.
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Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest.
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It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.
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Solve it. Solve it quickly, solve it right or wrong. If you solve it wrong, it will come back and slap you in the face, and then you can solve it right. Lying dead in the water and doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to manage a business.
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To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.
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