An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein. ~Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough. ~Lucinda Williams
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. ~Louisa May Alcott
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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Hardest job in America is being a single mom. There are a lot of them and a lot of them in Baltimore and I think that they absolutely do their best. They can't keep continue to do their best if businesses flee the city. ~Dana Perino
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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