Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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Everything in moderation. And that includes a couple of beers a day. ~Stephen King
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ~Kim Clijsters
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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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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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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They were close to the end of the beginning... ~Stephen King
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. ~Anne O'Hare McCormick
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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