He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. ~Philip Roth
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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If you watch the first [Star Wars] movie, you don't actually know exactly what the Empire is trying to do. They're going to rule by fear; but you don't know what their endgame is. You don't know what Leia is princess of. You don't yet understand who Jabba the Hutt is, even though there is a reference to him. You don't know that Vader is Luke's father, Leia is his sister; but the possibility is all there. The beauty of that movie was that it was an unfamiliar world, and yet you wanted to see it expand and to see where it went. ~J. J. Abrams
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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I think I'm doing some good. Obviously, I don't need any more money. ~Joe Jamail
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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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A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
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Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune. ~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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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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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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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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