A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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I got into real estate very much by accident. ~Jeff Greene
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. ~Yotam Ottolenghi
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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A promise is a debt. ~Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English 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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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout. ~Samantha Stosur
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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My dad in particular, I tend to use; I call him "The Brain." If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings. ~Joshua Malina
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes Valmore
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For my own style, I love vintage. 60's and 70's are my favorite. I love baby doll dresses and the soft colors. I try to mix a little bit of modern into that; maybe I'll wear it with boots. At my school we wear a uniform, but we have one day a week we can wear whatever we want. ~Elle Fanning
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