Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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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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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ~Moby
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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The main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang will ... dramatically up the odds of a wow outcome! ~Tom Peters
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~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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I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company. ~Courtney B. Vance
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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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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Your prosperity will only grow as fast as you do. ~Randy Gage
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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