Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. ~Martha Reeves
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez. ~Erik Estrada
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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