A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant. ~Paul Dirac
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene. ~Grimes
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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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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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