In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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A handful of patience is worth a bushel of brains. ~Hobart Brown
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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I doubt anyone in Hollywood has had more "dates" than me. ~George Hamilton
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. ~Gerry Adams
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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Working with the likes of Joseph Fiennes was just an incredible experience. ~Alice Eve
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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I want you to really be able to grasp the wonder of it, the marvel of it, the size of it and really be able to get a good conception of its magnificence and it tremendous colossal gigantic stupendous size and beauty and splendour! ~David Berg
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"Perfect justice rules the world" for the Powers that are superior to us know the whole life of the Soul and all its' former lives. ~Iamblichus
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In kindergarten I had to draw a picture of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I drew a rapper. I didn't really know what a rapper was or what they did; I just wanted to do it. ~B.o.B
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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