A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. ~Akhil Sharma
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not; you are not smiling about it. ~Wynton Marsalis
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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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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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation. ~Thurston Moore
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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