Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Hope is a risk that must be run. ~Georges Bernanos
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well; nothing. ~Phoebe Tonkin
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story. ~Ian Somerhalder
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As I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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