The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~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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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. ~Bill Keller
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ~John Spratt
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
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I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett. ~Al Franken
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