Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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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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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving. ~Ted Olson
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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