A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash. ~Amelia Earhart
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Everything I say is true. ~Laura Schlessinger
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. ~Isaac Asimov
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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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