The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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I'm living the dream. ~David Petraeus
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic 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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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager. I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I did'nt really care. It did'nt bother me at all. ~Vivienne Westwood
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. ~Pearl S. Buck
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling. ~Hugh Jackman
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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