People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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"Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded. ~Cinda Williams Chima
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching. ~Steve Waugh
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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When you're young and good-looking, you've got to behave. But when you're old, you can get away with murder. ~Julie Newmar
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein. ~Jerry Brown
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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