If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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I take pride in the fact that a lot of little kids dig what I do. ~John Cena
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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