The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors. ~Michael Servetus
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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They were close to the end of the beginning... ~Stephen King
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic 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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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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That is what I try to do each and every week is give my best effort and not give up, no matter what comes at us. ~Kurt Busch
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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