The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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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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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me. ~Chuck Mangione
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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