If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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