A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people. ~Jane Fonda
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music. ~Simon Cowell
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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I never really thought about becoming a professional musician. ~John Mayall
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In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well. ~Bob Brown
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ~Joseph Addison
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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