I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein. ~Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German 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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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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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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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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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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Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese. ~Suzanne Collins
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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