Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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In a relationship you have to open yourself up. ~Neil LaBute
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. ~Confucius
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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I've just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can. ~Kimi Raikkonen
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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