For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American 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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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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When I am in situations where I break out of the pattern, it's hard on me. Once you get used to regular scripture study, you miss it if you don't have it. It's like food; you have to have it. I know that I need the scriptures like I need food. I don't miss a regular meal, and I don't miss regular scripture study. ~Henry B. Eyring
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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