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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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. ~Billy Sunday
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. ~Richard M. Nixon
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I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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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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I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it. ~Franco Nero
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