For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. ~Salma Hayek
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. ~Gerry Adams
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My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. ~Miles Teller
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. ~Oscar Wilde
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right winger. ~Robert Winston
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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