"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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In a relationship you have to open yourself up. ~Neil LaBute
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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