But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says. ~Dick Cheney
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What exists is a godly existence, a divine existence. God not as a person but as a presence certainly exists. But to understand that presence, you have to understand your own inner presence first, because it is from there that you can take off, it is from there that you can have the first glimpse of what godliness is. If you have not known yourself you will never know God. ~Rajneesh
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When CD technology first came out, it was just so much waste. ~Rick Danko
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My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda. ~Rick Derringer
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships. ~James Redfield
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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"You're children. Don't you want a home, a family?" "With, like, vitamin-fortified cereal and educational television? ~James Patterson
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
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I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. ~Phyllis Diller
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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