Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's "China Beach," "The West Wing," or "E.R." ~Michael Cudlitz
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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ~Jan Karon
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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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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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market. ~Henry Paulson
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1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me. ~Chuck Mangione
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money. ~Imogen Cunningham
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
#quotes #trevor-baylis #inspiration #ideas #night

It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. ~Pearl S. Buck
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