Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Yes, God wants you to do signs and wonders. But the love of God manifested through you is what people really need. So you first must see His face. You must become so close to His very heartbeat that you can feel what others feel. ~Heidi Baker
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
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There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ~Moby
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
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The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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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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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ~Anita Desai
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided it as far as possible; he didn't really want to become any better acquainted with himself. He knew that if he wanted to show his talents to best advantage, he needed to strike sparks off other people to fan the flames of warmth and exuberance in his heart. On his own he was frosty, no use to himself at all, like a match left lying in its box. ~Stefan Zweig
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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Your prosperity will only grow as fast as you do. ~Randy Gage
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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