I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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That is what I try to do each and every week is give my best effort and not give up, no matter what comes at us. ~Kurt Busch
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses. ~Juliana Hatfield
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary. ~Billy Crystal
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past. ~Friedrich Schiller
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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I'm very independent. ~Kate Bosworth
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck; and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee; or you can go out and become an entrepreneur. ~Al Michaels
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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