The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself. ~Tyler The Creator
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund "Obamacare." They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the "Obamacare" program. ~Paul Ryan
#quotes #paul-ryan #barack-obama #politics

If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Write in the sand the flaws of your friend. ~Pythagoras
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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