The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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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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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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Do not try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you. ~Mooji
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It always surprised me that I was getting acting work. ~Mary Lynn Rajskub
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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
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I have a collection of 50-plus snapback hats. ~James Harden
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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I'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach. ~Marc Guggenheim
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Human beings are a wonderful virus in some ways. ~Ansel Elgort
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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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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What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted; it was borrowed, spent, and wasted. ~Paul Ryan
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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All my friends I've known since I was really little. ~Leona Lewis
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But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made. ~Errol Morris
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