Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
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Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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Theatre is where my heart is. It is where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that is what I want to come back to. ~Kelly Reilly
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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The unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of invention within them. Economy and efficiency move their relentless tinkering and yet the real motive often seems to be aesthetic. The mind that first designed a cutter bar is not far different from a mind that can take the intractable steel of an outsized sickle blade and make it hum in the end. The question is how to reduce the simplicity that constitutes a problem to the greater simplicity that constitutes a solution. ~Verlyn Klinkenborg
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