Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, "Who's that?" But this got me started in acting. ~James Stewart
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What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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I don't ever want to be comfortable with anything I'm doing. ~Ron Perlman
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message. ~James Patterson
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not; you are not smiling about it. ~Wynton Marsalis
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If you read my message, it means I am cute. If you save, you agree I am cute. If you forward, you spread that I am cute and if you delete, you are jealous, because I am cute.
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain. ~Bob Dylan
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