Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ~Barbara Cartland
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If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
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Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees. ~John Mackey
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ~Anita Desai
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune. ~Giuseppe Garibaldi
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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