When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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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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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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To the seeing eye life is mostly sparrows. ~Will Cuppy
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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My dad in particular, I tend to use; I call him "The Brain." If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings. ~Joshua Malina
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I doubt anyone in Hollywood has had more "dates" than me. ~George Hamilton
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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