You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. ~David Coleman
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither. ~Thomas Jefferson
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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