Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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Working with the likes of Joseph Fiennes was just an incredible experience. ~Alice Eve
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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Empathy is even better than talking in one language. ~Rumi
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made. ~Errol Morris
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Recognise.

In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. ~Ayn Rand
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The thing I always say to people is this: "If you avoid failure, you also avoid success." ~Robert Kiyosaki
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth. ~Danielle Steel
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