Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese 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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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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We cannot come to honour under coverlet. ~George Herbert
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right. ~Sean Astin
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When we were all kids, there was one particular trailer that I think we can all remember. That was the trailer for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." There was an amazing teaser trailer with all this weird kind of documentary footage. We were like, "What was that! I've got to see that! What the hell was that?" ~Matt Reeves
#quotes #matt-reeves #childhood

The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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