The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. ~Philip Roth
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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 weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. ~Georges Bidault
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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His rod reversed, and backward mutters of dissevering power. ~John Milton
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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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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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