A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Movements are as eloquent as words. ~Isadora Duncan
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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