A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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God will never reject you. Whether you accept Him is your decision. ~Charles Stanley
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go. ~Wayne McGregor
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool. ~Mark Webber
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