I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. ~Sallust
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and magazines, and with the new technology you can watch entire movies accompanied by audio commentary from the director. You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the "Bad Day at Black Rock" laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school. Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it. ~Paul Thomas Anderson
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen 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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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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