Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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It is good for us to get into the Word, but it is much better for the Word to get into us. ~David J. Stewart
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying. Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help ~Donald Miller
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. ~Annie Leibovitz
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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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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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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They say I tried to hurt my nurse. I tell them they tried to hurt me first. ~CJ Roberts
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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