Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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When I am happy I am like a cat, sleek and purring, quite useless. It is when I am unhappy, with an ache perhaps in my heart, that I do my finest work. ~Barbara La Marr
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. ~John Wayne
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life. ~Joseph Prince
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The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent. ~Thomas E. Sniegoski
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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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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The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
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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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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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We are dealing in a day and time when the courts are defining sin different than the church. ~Johnny Hunt
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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