I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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Atrial fibrillation can be taken care of. The point is that it is manageable. Everybody is different and will have different ways of managing whatever they need, and their doctor will have ways of managing theirs. But I think the first key is just to know it exists, know whether you have it, and know what the risks are and take care of yourself! ~Howie Mandel
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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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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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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