The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ~David Hyde Pierce
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you're not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you're beautiful, just the way you are. ~Candace Bushnell
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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Idolatry is permissible in Hinduism when it sub serves an ideal. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white. ~Valerie Simpson
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I don't trust a lot of journalists. ~Calvin Klein
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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