There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish 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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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power. ~Ludwig von Mises
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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It takes the glory of God to conceal a matter. It takes the honor of the king to seek out for it. ~Tommy Tenney
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that, women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. ~Louise Otto-Peters
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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