The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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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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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough. ~Lucinda Williams
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For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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It was like two different photographers, and shot in three different locations and it was really fun to do. There were 12 beautiful girls in it. It was great. ~Gisele Bundchen
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people. ~Barney Frank
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You are what you "tweet".~ Internet Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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