A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg. I don't usually admit this publicly, because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it, to use it as a way of luring audiences in. ~Terry Gilliam
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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