Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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I'm not married, and I don't have any kids, so sometimes I envy that end of things when I see a family vacation or people at the beach with their kids or at sporting events with their kids; you wonder, "Is that a part of your life that you want to go into?" ~Kevin Connolly
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. ~Sam Shoemaker
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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If you weren't pretty, it wouldn't matter what you said or didn't say. That's why you're getting this attention. ~Miesha Tate
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I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns. ~Tom Hicks
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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