Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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Lovely message for a lovely person, from lovely friend, for a lovely reason, at a lovely time, from a lovely mind, in a lovely mood, in a lovely style, to wish you; have a lovely birthday...
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The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all the character material, all the filigree, all the beautiful writing, and put it into a story. ~Scott Rudin
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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My real heroes have always been sports-writers. ~Dan Jenkins
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom. ~Pierre Corneille
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The Masters is more like a vast Edwardian garden party than a golf tournament. ~Alistair Cooke
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I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to. ~Lou Brock
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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