Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. ~Mel Brooks
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. ~Imelda Marcos
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi 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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Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
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Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I am not stupid. I didn't say to keep doing it. Move forward with purpose. Examine what went wrong and correct that one mistake. ~Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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Love's in need of love today, don't delay; send yours in right away. ~Stevie Wonder
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know. ~Hunter Hayes
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