Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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Health care is not about insurance! Health care is about getting treatment. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles Melville Hays
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do. ~Simon Sinek
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships. ~James Redfield
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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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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I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
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