A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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Sometimes the personality or just the particular process of a director can really affect your quality of life as a composer in terms of how much time you spend away from your family or the amount of time you spend doing the type of work that you maybe don't consider as fun to do as other type of work. ~Christophe Beck
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. ~Moses
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not been the case in England and the United States. ~Robert Tisserand
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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