Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
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What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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I love emotion. I love being in love. And showing that on screen. I think it's wonderful. ~Dennis Haysbert
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I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. ~Emily Mortimer
#quotes #emily-mortimer #life #optimism #difficulty

When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game. ~Jose Mourinho
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay. ~John Schlesinger
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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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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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
#quotes #louis-dudek #health #achievement

I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying. Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help ~Donald Miller
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