No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
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It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum. Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun. Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock. Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock. ~Marty Stuart
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In a game like football, where you have very little time to decide what you are going to do, you have to react almost instinctively, naturally. ~Vince Lombardi
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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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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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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I have had a few people recognise me in public. But I wouldn't like everybody to recognise me. I can still walk across the street and not be noticed. ~Bonnie Wright
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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I don't think a movie today that captured all the things that we did in the seventies could come close, because it's like asking to recreate the seventies and the audience sensibilities and that's impossible. ~Paul Michael Glaser
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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