A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett. ~Al Franken
#quotes #al-franken #george-jessel #henny-youngman #comedy

A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music. ~Nick Cave
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
#quotes #craig-claiborne #entertainment #santa

Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
#proverbs #mind #heart

A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
#quotes #grandma-moses #helping

Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
#quotes #george-william-russell #nature #wisdom #life #perfection

I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out. ~Yelawolf
#quotes #yelawolf #music

When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
#quotes #kim-yuna #olympics #skating #korea

Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
#quotes #katherine-jenkins #mistakes #music

The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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