At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. ~Ridley Scott
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer. ~Jason Mewes
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
#quotes #rick-santorum #government #family
Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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I love emotion. I love being in love. And showing that on screen. I think it's wonderful. ~Dennis Haysbert
#quotes #dennis-haysbert #emotions #love #entertainment
In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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That's what acting is; it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. ~Kerry Washington
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
#quotes #christopher-eccleston #family #parents
Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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