No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~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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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 spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do. ~Halle Berry
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You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene. ~Grimes
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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