I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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All life is rife with possibilities. Seeds have possibilities, but all their tomorrows are caught by the patterning of their life cycle. Animals have possibilities that are greater than that of a fir tree or a blade of grass. Still, though, for most animals, the pattern of instinct, the patterns of their lives, are very strong. Humanity has a far greater range of possibilities, especially the very young. Who will children grow up to be? Who will they marry, what will they believe, what will they create? Creation is a very powerful seed of possibility. ~Patricia Briggs
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. ~Seth Godin
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence. ~Jay Duplass
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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You know what, Steve Jobs is real nice to me. He lets me be an employee and that's one of the biggest honors of my life. ~Steve Wozniak
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It is amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you are no longer president. ~George H. W. Bush
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Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true. ~Rick Riordan
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness; and there is a big difference. ~Ty Cobb
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I don't know where I come from but I am here now so deal with it. ~Gary Busey
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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