This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. ~Ridley Scott
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result. ~Lyle Lovett
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously? ~Steve Stevaert
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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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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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ~Benjamin Whichcote
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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