The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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It is very hard to concentrate when your stomach is rumbling. ~Shania Twain
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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