As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. ~Warren Christopher
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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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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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. ~Ridley Scott
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth. ~Big Boi
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Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. ~John Wayne
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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