I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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All the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumping gas. ~Dionne Warwick
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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It is my object, in the following work, to travel over ground which has as yet been little explored and to make my reader acquainted with a species of Remains, which, though absolutely necessary for understanding the history of the globe, have been hitherto almost uniformly neglected. ~Georges Cuvier
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ~Kim Clijsters
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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