Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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That's what acting is; it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. ~Kerry Washington
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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To the seeing eye life is mostly sparrows. ~Will Cuppy
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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~Michel de Montaigne
#quotes #michel-de-montaigne #human

People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives. ~James Bovard
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and magazines, and with the new technology you can watch entire movies accompanied by audio commentary from the director. You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the "Bad Day at Black Rock" laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school. Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it. ~Paul Thomas Anderson
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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