Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is extraordinary how inventive one can be with ethanol right now. ~Daniel Yergin
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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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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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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We are actors, we have to do what we have to do, and you have to be really solid within yourself. ~Linda Gray
#quotes #linda-gray #acting
The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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