You have to believe in love stories and prince charming and that eventually you'll find your own happily ever after. ~Taylor Swift
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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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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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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To the seeing eye life is mostly sparrows. ~Will Cuppy
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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