May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French 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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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses. ~Juliana Hatfield
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I love documentaries and the computer. I am a little addicted to the computer, and that relaxes me. I find information, I shop, and I look up people I worked with to find out if they're dead or alive. ~Anne Meara
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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