When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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I am going to embarrass myself. I have accepted that fact, and that is just how it is going to be. ~Jen Lancaster
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat? ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
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