There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. ~Nizar Qabbani
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ~Kim Clijsters
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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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When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders. ~Tom Robbins
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If the stock goes down we want to buy more. ~Walter Schloss
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I occasionally got called the Rush Limbaugh of Indiana, but most people knew that my style was different. ~Mike Pence
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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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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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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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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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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