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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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? ~Peter Schuyler
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really good songs out of it ~Miley Cyrus
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably. ~John Bunyan
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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You have the gift of a brilliant internal guardian that stands ready to warn you of hazards and guide you through risky situations. ~Gavin de Becker
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You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. ~Truman Capote
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I love layers! ~Alexander Wang
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. ~Billy Sunday
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That's what acting is; it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. ~Kerry Washington
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