I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
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The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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