In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations. ~Sue Kelly
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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Since one Satan is one too many for me, I would not multiply him. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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