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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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When CD technology first came out, it was just so much waste. ~Rick Danko
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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proverbiosChallenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person. ~Louise Slaughter
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The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. ~Georges Bidault
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've seen you engage and I've seen you turn out in record numbers. I've heard your voices amplified by creativity and a digital fluency that those of us in older generations can barely comprehend. I've seen a generation eager, impatient even, to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course. ~Barack Obama
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish 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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To the seeing eye life is mostly sparrows. ~Will Cuppy
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
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