A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. ~Sun Tzu
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My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations. ~Sue Kelly
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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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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I am still me even after all that has happened. ~Victoria Beckham
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. ~Nizar Qabbani
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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I'm not married, and I don't have any kids, so sometimes I envy that end of things when I see a family vacation or people at the beach with their kids or at sporting events with their kids; you wonder, "Is that a part of your life that you want to go into?" ~Kevin Connolly
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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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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that is fantastic for me. ~Stephen Chow
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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It was as if Snape had started handing out sweets. ~J. K. Rowling
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Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something. ~Jerry Seinfeld
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Embrace your dorkdom or rail against it. The choice is yours. ~Brendan Fraser
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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