They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand. Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle. ~Heather Brewer
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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"He's just a little unbalanced and lonely." He put his arms around my waist, frowning. "Can't he be lonely and unbalanced around someone else's girlfriend?" "I'll suggest it. ~Kiersten White
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
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The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. ~Warren Christopher
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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