From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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Instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time. ~Jerry Bridges
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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I live in the moment. ~Amy Sedaris
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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My whole life has been stability. People who have worked with me have for a long time. Air Asia is the same people who started it. ~Tony Fernandes
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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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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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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