Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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I love Jesus Christ with all my heart and everything He stands for. I think that sums up everything that I want for my life, everything I want for my family, everything I want for my career. I want it to be entertaining. I want people to smile and tap their toes, but I want it to be meaningful when the day is done. ~Josh Turner
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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