If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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Idolatry is permissible in Hinduism when it sub serves an ideal. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL. ~Guy Lafleur
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African 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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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact. ~Tinker Hatfield
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. ~Nizar Qabbani
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth. ~Big Boi
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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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