A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable. ~Robert Smith
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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I love documentaries and the computer. I am a little addicted to the computer, and that relaxes me. I find information, I shop, and I look up people I worked with to find out if they're dead or alive. ~Anne Meara
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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I'm living the dream. ~David Petraeus
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rock-star thing became very destructive, like, wow. I didn't know what I was doing. I just kind of became that thing. The hair, that rock-star kind of lifestyle, just living a dream. It kind of took over. It started out very innocent and then I turned into a cartoon character. And I started to feel like a cartoon character. ~Pamela Anderson
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Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details. ~Daniel Dennett
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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