We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
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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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In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story. ~David Morse
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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If the stock goes down we want to buy more. ~Walter Schloss
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. ~Mel Brooks
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Science is not about what is true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence. ~Lee Smolin
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I am not stupid. I didn't say to keep doing it. Move forward with purpose. Examine what went wrong and correct that one mistake. ~Sherrilyn Kenyon
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To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. ~Sallust
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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