It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. ~Laozi
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East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy; they are coming together. There need not be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe. ~Orhan Pamuk
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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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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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth. ~Rob Bell
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If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. ~Billy Sunday
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right winger. ~Robert Winston
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story. ~Ian Somerhalder
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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