Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life sucks order from a sea of disorder. ~James Gleick
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For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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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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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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