A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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