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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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
#quotes #melanie-griffith #education #internet #knowledge

From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music. ~Nick Cave
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
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The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all the character material, all the filigree, all the beautiful writing, and put it into a story. ~Scott Rudin
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I represent Orlando, Florida, the world's number one vacation destination. ~Ric Keller
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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In our post 9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. ~Mike Rogers
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