I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. ~Confucius
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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All life is rife with possibilities. Seeds have possibilities, but all their tomorrows are caught by the patterning of their life cycle. Animals have possibilities that are greater than that of a fir tree or a blade of grass. Still, though, for most animals, the pattern of instinct, the patterns of their lives, are very strong. Humanity has a far greater range of possibilities, especially the very young. Who will children grow up to be? Who will they marry, what will they believe, what will they create? Creation is a very powerful seed of possibility. ~Patricia Briggs
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan. ~Michael Reagan
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I felt as if I had attended the funeral of someone I didn't know. ~Pauline Kael
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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They say I tried to hurt my nurse. I tell them they tried to hurt me first. ~CJ Roberts
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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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