Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York. ~Michael Arad
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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This arena is a special place. Everybody loves it. To be able to stand behind the bench and be a part of a great tournament for the '96 Elite is fun. The kids, having a chance to play in the building where the Penguins play, it's a special feeling for them. ~Mario Lemieux
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To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance. ~Michelle Wie
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people. ~Jane Fonda
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Go to your duty, every man, and trust yourself to Christ; for He will give you all supply just as fast as you need it. You will have just as much power as you believe you can have. Be a Christian; throw yourself upon God's work; and get the ability you want in it. ~Horace Bushnell
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Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay. ~John Schlesinger
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary. ~Billy Crystal
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Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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