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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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west. ~Thomas Pynchon
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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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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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese 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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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian 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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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. ~George Archer
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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I love emotion. I love being in love. And showing that on screen. I think it's wonderful. ~Dennis Haysbert
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Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something. ~Jerry Seinfeld
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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