When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ~William Hazlitt
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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I am still me even after all that has happened. ~Victoria Beckham
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. ~Bill Keller
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You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you. ~Jim Palmer
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Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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