We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~Michel de Montaigne
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
#quotes #alice-eve #childhood #clothing

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you. ~Bryce Harper
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I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution. ~Luc Montagnier
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Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
#quotes #steven-spielberg #movies #et #schindler-s-list #saving-private-ryan

I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
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A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right. ~Sean Astin
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message. ~James Patterson
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese 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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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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