Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests. ~Dorothy Denning
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett. ~Al Franken
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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It is amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you are no longer president. ~George H. W. Bush
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No matter what you do each day; or in life, doing things God's way is a matter of the heart. ~Elizabeth George
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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