My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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In a relationship you have to open yourself up. ~Neil LaBute
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Whatever you choose you will repent because the other will remain and haunt you. If one needs absolute freedom then choiceless awareness is the only thing. ~Rajneesh
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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In our post 9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. ~Mike Rogers
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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My dad in particular, I tend to use; I call him "The Brain." If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings. ~Joshua Malina
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ~Kim Clijsters
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