We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected. ~Jacki Weaver
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb. ~Irwin Redlener
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish 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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