I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese 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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No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. ~Jodi Picoult
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Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture. ~Joyce Meyer
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese. ~Suzanne Collins
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The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein. ~Jerry Brown
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree. ~Dave Mason
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Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain. ~Bob Dylan
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In our post 9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. ~Mike Rogers
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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