A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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Sometimes the personality or just the particular process of a director can really affect your quality of life as a composer in terms of how much time you spend away from your family or the amount of time you spend doing the type of work that you maybe don't consider as fun to do as other type of work. ~Christophe Beck
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine 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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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese 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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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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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German 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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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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