Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda. ~Rick Derringer
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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A promise is a debt. ~Proverb
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. ~J. P. Morgan
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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His rod reversed, and backward mutters of dissevering power. ~John Milton
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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