One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. ~Salma Hayek
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday. ~Jerry B. Jenkins
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish 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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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. ~William Shatner
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. ~Dick Cheney
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. ~Warren Farrell
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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