I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all. ~Nancy Sinatra
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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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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~Lillie Langtry
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times. ~Richard Linklater
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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