Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected. ~Jacki Weaver
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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