No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
#quotes #martin-amis #novels

Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather kept them humble. ~Annie Proulx
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
#quotes #muriel-barbery #world

He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power. ~Ludwig von Mises
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. ~Willie Nelson
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
#quotes #william-prescott #power #patience

God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs #hardship

It is my belief that cooking is a craft. I think that you can push it into the realm of art, but it starts with craft. It starts with an understanding of materials. It starts with an understanding of where foods are grown. ~Tom Colicchio
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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