He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
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In a relationship you have to open yourself up. ~Neil LaBute
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
#quotes #john-corey-whaley #family

When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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I dream about people who do not need to have sex to know they love each other. ~Carol Rifka Brunt
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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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

The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
#quotes #david-lloyd #art #hope #reality

A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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Instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time. ~Jerry Bridges
#quotes #jerry-bridges #christianity

The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else! ~Kelly Wearstler
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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