Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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I think I'm doing some good. Obviously, I don't need any more money. ~Joe Jamail
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. ~Bill Gates
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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I really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight. ~Len Goodman
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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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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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug! ~Rachel Caine
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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