The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager. I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I did'nt really care. It did'nt bother me at all. ~Vivienne Westwood
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message. ~James Patterson
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. ~Stella McCartney
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You know, when you start, especially with me, I did not really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater. ~Ludivine Sagnier
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Love's in need of love today, don't delay; send yours in right away. ~Stevie Wonder
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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