Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. ~Willie Nelson
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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