Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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The main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human mental process called worrying depends upon having a brain that can reason, remember, reflect, feel, and imagine. Only humans have a brain big enough to do this simultaneously and do it well. ~Edward Hallowell
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom. ~Don Henley
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I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. ~Dave Davies
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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