God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me ~Ray LaMontagne
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ~Anita Desai
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I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
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I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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It is my belief that cooking is a craft. I think that you can push it into the realm of art, but it starts with craft. It starts with an understanding of materials. It starts with an understanding of where foods are grown. ~Tom Colicchio
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I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact. ~Tinker Hatfield
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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If you want success, be unique. ~Natalie Massenet
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