A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. ~Alexander Payne
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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I never really thought about becoming a professional musician. ~John Mayall
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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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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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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