Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda. ~Rick Derringer
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying. Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help ~Donald Miller
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Romania is an interesting place because I think it has been abused, on so many different levels. ~Kiefer Sutherland
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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I have the courage of my convictions. ~Brigitte Bardot
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No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market. ~Henry Paulson
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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