Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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When you're young and good-looking, you've got to behave. But when you're old, you can get away with murder. ~Julie Newmar
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic 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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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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