He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film. ~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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I never read the tabloids. ~Dana Carvey
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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 want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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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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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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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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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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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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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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