I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ~John Clayton
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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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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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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Democracy is the best chance for the best people. ~Robert Frost
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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The most important thing about you is what comes to your mind when you think of God. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains' inspection. It's all wrong. You couldn't kill anyone with this. ~Scott Lynch
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If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position, to make all the difference in the world. ~James Redfield
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