Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. ~Benazir Bhutto
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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Everything I say is true. ~Laura Schlessinger
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The representational-image urge is actually a kind of heightened perception, and I don't stop to think. I don't freeze up, it's actually a kind of letting-go. It's like dancing. At a certain point it's conscious, unconscious, everything is kind of coming together. ~Michael Light
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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I have had a few people recognise me in public. But I wouldn't like everybody to recognise me. I can still walk across the street and not be noticed. ~Bonnie Wright
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
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