I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. ~Pete Sampras
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough. ~Lucinda Williams
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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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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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I felt as if I had attended the funeral of someone I didn't know. ~Pauline Kael
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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You are what you "tweet".~ Internet Proverb
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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