At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle. ~Edmond About
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"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. ~Antoine Rivarol
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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People say, "Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?" But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you? ~John C. Reilly
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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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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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian 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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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. ~Max Eastman
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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