Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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Theatre is where my heart is. It is where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that is what I want to come back to. ~Kelly Reilly
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. ~Warren Farrell
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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ~Jan Karon
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. ~Moses
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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I am still me even after all that has happened. ~Victoria Beckham
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