Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ~Al Gore
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York. ~Roy Ayers
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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The support in Britain made a big difference. ~Louise Woodward
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man. ~Tertullian
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
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