Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it. ~Robert Edison Fulton
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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Long-term relationships are an everyday choice. It is harder to be in a marriage than it is to bounce from one relationship to the next. ~Pink
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Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle. ~Edmond About
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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something. ~Jerry Seinfeld
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You have to believe in love stories and prince charming and that eventually you'll find your own happily ever after. ~Taylor Swift
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market, I have so many vintage pieces from there it is unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. ~Kaya Scodelario
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race. ~Kirk Hammett
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The necessity for "professionals" in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged. ~Jason Alexander
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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