A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. ~John Calvin
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice. ~Voltaire
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True celebration should come from your life, in your life. And true celebration cannot be according to the calendar, that on the first of November you will celebrate. Strange, the whole year you are miserable and on the first of November suddenly you come out of misery, dancing. Either, the misery is false, or the first of November is false; both cannot be true. And once the first of November has gone, you are back in your dark hole, everybody in his misery, everybody in his anxiety. ~Rajneesh
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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I love performing and having people hear my music more that anything. ~Britney Spears
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?" ~Brian Tracy
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda. ~Rick Derringer
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There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self. ~Ralph Smart
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I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor. ~Ray Liotta
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