He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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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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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game. ~Jose Mourinho
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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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