I hate when people think you're broken because your parents are divorced. And I really reject the idea of staying together for the kids. If they're growing up in a house that's not healthy, it's better to know that's not the model of what marriage should be. ~Anna Kendrick
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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No matter how beautiful the theory, one irritating fact can dismiss the entire formulism, so it has to be proven. ~Michio Kaku
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #change

You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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We are focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important. ~John W. Snow
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ~David Bailey
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
#quotes #moon-unit-zappa #family #mother

Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
#proverbs #dutch-proverbs

I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
#quotes #frank-sinatra #entertainment #love

Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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