He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself. ~Candance Bushnell
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. ~Joe Scarborough
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. ~Max Lerner
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. ~Sarah Michelle Gellar
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. ~Bill Gates
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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Who are you? The band sang. I tried to remember but I really couldn't say. ~Janet Fitch
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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