Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class. ~John Podhoretz
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Write in the sand the flaws of your friend. ~Pythagoras
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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