People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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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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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market, I have so many vintage pieces from there it is unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. ~Kaya Scodelario
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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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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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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