Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit. ~Dorothy Thompson
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ~Pat Benatar
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You are playing worse and worse every day and right now you are playing like it's next month. ~Herb Brooks
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling. ~Hugh Jackman
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Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? ~Peter Schuyler
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Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification. ~Sigmund Freud
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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I like to play music; play guitar; I love that. Play some golf in the summer. Just relax, enjoy the summer. That's nice. ~Henrik Lundqvist
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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I enjoyed my life when I had nothing. and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me. ~Joey Ramone
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Eating people is wrong. ~Michael Flanders
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That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. ~Soren Kierkegaard
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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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