I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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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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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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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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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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