Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation. ~Robert Dold
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We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching "Coronation Street." ~Amelia Warner
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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I failed at the biggest things there are in life. I failed in my health, I failed in my marriage, I failed in everything, and I have picked myself up and gone on. ~Sharon Stone
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
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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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I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to. ~Lou Brock
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I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager. I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I did'nt really care. It did'nt bother me at all. ~Vivienne Westwood
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Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese. ~Suzanne Collins
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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