Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white. ~Valerie Simpson
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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Social media is not about the exploitation of technology but service to community. ~Simon Mainwaring
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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I'm a songwriter first. ~Carole King
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL. ~Guy Lafleur
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. ~Benazir Bhutto
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In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. ~Laozi
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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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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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask. ~Kate Winslet
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In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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