Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang will ... dramatically up the odds of a wow outcome! ~Tom Peters
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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I got into real estate very much by accident. ~Jeff Greene
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I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. ~Pete Sampras
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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