I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese 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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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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I am very pleased to be involved with the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee because its message resonates with me on a very personal level, My own career is an example of the universal power of music, especially the power of Hip Hop, to bring people of different backgrounds together for a common purpose. I hope that my commitment to the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee will encourage all music lovers, both amateurs and professionals - to get involved with the Music Days performance network and contribute to the "Harmony For Humanity" e-Stage. ~Russell Simmons
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Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that. ~Bill Hicks
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All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. ~Akhil Sharma
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. ~Georges Bidault
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Do not try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you. ~Mooji
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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