There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ~John Clayton
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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But we'd never really seen eye to eye. Mostly 'cause he was much taller than I was. ~Darynda Jones
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. ~Sun Tzu
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~William Arthur Ward
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Long-term relationships are an everyday choice. It is harder to be in a marriage than it is to bounce from one relationship to the next. ~Pink
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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash. ~Amelia Earhart
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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We are dealing in a day and time when the courts are defining sin different than the church. ~Johnny Hunt
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic 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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