The unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of invention within them. Economy and efficiency move their relentless tinkering and yet the real motive often seems to be aesthetic. The mind that first designed a cutter bar is not far different from a mind that can take the intractable steel of an outsized sickle blade and make it hum in the end. The question is how to reduce the simplicity that constitutes a problem to the greater simplicity that constitutes a solution. ~Verlyn Klinkenborg
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary. ~Billy Crystal
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Music is the eye of the ear. ~Thomas Draxe
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I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another. ~Russell M. Nelson
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To be a team, you must be a family. ~Don Meyer
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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All life is rife with possibilities. Seeds have possibilities, but all their tomorrows are caught by the patterning of their life cycle. Animals have possibilities that are greater than that of a fir tree or a blade of grass. Still, though, for most animals, the pattern of instinct, the patterns of their lives, are very strong. Humanity has a far greater range of possibilities, especially the very young. Who will children grow up to be? Who will they marry, what will they believe, what will they create? Creation is a very powerful seed of possibility. ~Patricia Briggs
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
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I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will have someone to talk to. ~Rodney Dangerfield
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Everything I say is true. ~Laura Schlessinger
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I have always felt that kids are really smart. ~Michelle Trachtenberg
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ~Emily Dickinson
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Death closes all doors. ~English Proverb
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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