A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett. ~Al Franken
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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I doubt anyone in Hollywood has had more "dates" than me. ~George Hamilton
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Rose is famous for grace, advocate is famous for case, horse is famous for race. But you are famous for sweetness on your face.
#message #cute

The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I have had a few people recognise me in public. But I wouldn't like everybody to recognise me. I can still walk across the street and not be noticed. ~Bonnie Wright
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right. ~Sean Astin
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. ~William Shatner
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
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When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
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