No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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quotistI can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
#quotes #evan-rachel-wood #love
He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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proverbiosNothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. ~Emily Mortimer
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We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories. ~Richard Li
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The thing I always say to people is this: "If you avoid failure, you also avoid success." ~Robert Kiyosaki
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My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. ~Bill Keller
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. ~Will Durant
#quotes #will-durant #humor
I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
#quotes #bill-gates #philanthropy #humanity
A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #experience
I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
#quotes #emily-mortimer #dance #life
Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. ~Nhat Hanh
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. ~Desmond Dekker
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. ~Laozi
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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Girls who wear certain kind of dresses, who show certain areas of the body, are not going to like my clothes. You can't please everyone. ~Prabal Gurung
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