I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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Repression, however, is not the most obvious characteristic of the sea; the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look. ~Marianne Moore
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not. ~Leos Carax
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy. ~Naveen Jain
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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