A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am still me even after all that has happened. ~Victoria Beckham
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I think that the best rock n' roll is about the spirit of being young, the feeling of being 16 and getting crazy with your friends and going out to a show and just that whole feeling. ~Sebastian Bach
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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All my friends I've known since I was really little. ~Leona Lewis
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you're not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you're beautiful, just the way you are. ~Candace Bushnell
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and magazines, and with the new technology you can watch entire movies accompanied by audio commentary from the director. You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the "Bad Day at Black Rock" laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school. Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it. ~Paul Thomas Anderson
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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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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart; I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ~Tony Parsons
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Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ~Theodor Reik
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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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