Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
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Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive. ~Kakha Bendukidze
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I'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach. ~Marc Guggenheim
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ~David Bailey
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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The representational-image urge is actually a kind of heightened perception, and I don't stop to think. I don't freeze up, it's actually a kind of letting-go. It's like dancing. At a certain point it's conscious, unconscious, everything is kind of coming together. ~Michael Light
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I think "Voldemort" is definitely the scariest villain. ~Lauren Oliver
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. ~Miles Teller
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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I didn't go to drama school, so I feel like I did all my growing up on "Hollyoaks." ~Nathalie Emmanuel
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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I live for now, not for what happens after I die. ~Liam Gallagher
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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