Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white. ~Valerie Simpson
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I have had a few people recognise me in public. But I wouldn't like everybody to recognise me. I can still walk across the street and not be noticed. ~Bonnie Wright
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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There are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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I dream about people who do not need to have sex to know they love each other. ~Carol Rifka Brunt
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