Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle. ~Edmond About
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down. ~Young Buck
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members. ~St. Vincent
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. ~Martha Reeves
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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ~Jan Karon
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So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. ~Desmond Dekker
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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It is method on "This is England;" it is. But it can't be method on every job because it just doesn't work for everything. ~Vicky McClure
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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