The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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proverbiosIf you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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quotistThe footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough. ~Lucinda Williams
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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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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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool. ~Mark Webber
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. ~Benazir Bhutto
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