I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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Yes, God wants you to do signs and wonders. But the love of God manifested through you is what people really need. So you first must see His face. You must become so close to His very heartbeat that you can feel what others feel. ~Heidi Baker
#quotes #heidi-baker #god #compassion

Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
#proverbs #thinking #speaking

There's a myth that free-to-play is cheaper than a $60 game. It's just elastic. For some users, it winds up being a lot more expensive. I would have paid $150 a year to get a better version of FIFA. ~Mitch Lasky
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese 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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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
#quotes #lisa-jakub #love #life

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ~Barbara Jordan
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