As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ~Charles Caleb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past. ~Friedrich Schiller
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. ~Edith Sitwell
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese 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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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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