Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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