The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Our directives must be reassessed. ~Kane
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL. ~Guy Lafleur
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Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride. ~Elizabeth Chadwick
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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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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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known. ~Bryan Lee O'Malley
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No matter what you do each day; or in life, doing things God's way is a matter of the heart. ~Elizabeth George
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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