Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
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I never read the tabloids. ~Dana Carvey
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I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature. ~Paul Cezanne
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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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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I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface ~Christian Slater
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult. ~Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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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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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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