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 old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor. ~Ray Liotta
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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I am still me even after all that has happened. ~Victoria Beckham
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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