Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
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Go to your duty, every man, and trust yourself to Christ; for He will give you all supply just as fast as you need it. You will have just as much power as you believe you can have. Be a Christian; throw yourself upon God's work; and get the ability you want in it. ~Horace Bushnell
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Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay. ~John Schlesinger
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL. ~Guy Lafleur
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A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you're not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you're beautiful, just the way you are. ~Candace Bushnell
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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People should decide "are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?" I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money; they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet. ~Felix Baumgartner
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. ~Imelda Marcos
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation to pay taxes that you do not owe. In fact, you should be seeking ways to legally minimise your taxes. ~John Mackey
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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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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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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