Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. ~Imelda Marcos
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. ~Richard M. Nixon
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable. ~Robert Smith
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian 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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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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