Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Let's be very clear, if you check the F.E.C. records you will see I am supporting George W. Bush. ~Roger Stone
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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