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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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Repression, however, is not the most obvious characteristic of the sea; the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look. ~Marianne Moore
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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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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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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proverbiosRight, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I am not stupid. I didn't say to keep doing it. Move forward with purpose. Examine what went wrong and correct that one mistake. ~Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everything that happens is meant to be. It is meant to happen like that. But sometimes you don't know at the time that it is meant to be disaster. ~Tony Kaye
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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