We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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It is my belief that cooking is a craft. I think that you can push it into the realm of art, but it starts with craft. It starts with an understanding of materials. It starts with an understanding of where foods are grown. ~Tom Colicchio
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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