An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. ~Warren Christopher
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It always surprised me that I was getting acting work. ~Mary Lynn Rajskub
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My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else! ~Kelly Wearstler
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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash. ~Amelia Earhart
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out. ~Yelawolf
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it. ~Marie de Rabutin Chantal
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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