A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says. ~Dick Cheney
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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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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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self. ~Ralph Smart
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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Do not try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you. ~Mooji
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A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature. ~Zeno of Citium
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~William Arthur Ward
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In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. ~Pearl S. Buck
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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