A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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The West is dead; you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. ~Charles Marion Russell
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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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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
#quotes #geena-davis #humor

I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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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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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. ~Tom Petty
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