A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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They don't make coats for this kind of cold. ~Ryan Adams
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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You would think that Freddy Couples' Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time. ~Fuzzy Zoeller
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay. ~John Schlesinger
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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All the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumping gas. ~Dionne Warwick
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Yeah, I think there are a lot of things about Cleveland that I miss. Los Angeles is a funny place to live. ~Monica Potter
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
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