I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else! ~Kelly Wearstler
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ~Ron Kind
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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The Masters is more like a vast Edwardian garden party than a golf tournament. ~Alistair Cooke
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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