I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. ~Mason Cooley
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
#quotes #dule-hill #acting #black

As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
#quotes #paul-merton #teaching

If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #luck

Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me ~Ray LaMontagne
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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
#quotes #tori-amos #creation #failure #success

Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same. ~Malcolm Forbes
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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
#quotes #katherine-jenkins #mistakes #music

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
#quotes #david-suzuki #environment

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #siblings

Now you're selling out, the devil sold a dream and you bought it without thinking about. How the beast will decrease the brain wave, with material thoughts from the crib to the grave. ~Kool Moe Dee
#quotes #kool-moe-dee #evil #dream #death

The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
#quotes #wilfred-owen #war #death

I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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I'm living the dream. ~David Petraeus
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #wealth

I saw a photo of the Svoboda leader, Yatseniuk [Arseniy Yatseniuk, one of Batkivschyna leaders] and Klitschko [Vitali Klitschko, UDAR party leader] together demonstrating the unity of opposition. But I can't imagine that people like Klitschko, who position themselves as Europeans, and Yatseniuk, would willingly shake the hand of a person who in public states that Jews are the main threat to European civilization. Sometimes, while looking for and respecting opposition, we can't recognize it, ~Marek Siwiec
#quotes #marek-siwiec #arseniy-yatseniuk #batkivschyna #vitali-klitschko #udar