In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma. ~Greg Boyle
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In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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I am still me even after all that has happened. ~Victoria Beckham
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted; it was borrowed, spent, and wasted. ~Paul Ryan
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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Empathy is even better than talking in one language. ~Rumi
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
#proverbs #mother #language

Working with the likes of Joseph Fiennes was just an incredible experience. ~Alice Eve
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene. ~Grimes
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people. ~Barney Frank
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I love layers! ~Alexander Wang
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ~Al Gore
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