The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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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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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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I have a collection of 50-plus snapback hats. ~James Harden
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer. ~Jen Lancaster
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An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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