An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Science is not about what is true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence. ~Lee Smolin
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I felt as if I had attended the funeral of someone I didn't know. ~Pauline Kael
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because then you get Gummi tummy, and that's no good. I can't believe I'm saying this. ~Jensen Ackles
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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There is a great need to rally the women of the Church to stand with and for the Brethren in stemming the tide of evil that surrounds us. ~Howard W. Hunter
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