Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. ~Confucius
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By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class. ~John Podhoretz
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~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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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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But we'd never really seen eye to eye. Mostly 'cause he was much taller than I was. ~Darynda Jones
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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Death closes all doors. ~English Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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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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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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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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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 keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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