A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor. ~Ray Liotta
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ~Barbara Cartland
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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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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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life sucks order from a sea of disorder. ~James Gleick
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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Health care is not about insurance! Health care is about getting treatment. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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