Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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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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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ~David Bailey
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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I'm living the dream. ~David Petraeus
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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I don't debate with liars. ~Evo Morales
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In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. ~David Coleman
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else! ~Kelly Wearstler
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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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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Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
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