Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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There is one catagory of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in Presidential elections. ~David Ogilvy
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that is fantastic for me. ~Stephen Chow
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ~William Hazlitt
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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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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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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