Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story. ~David Morse
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. ~Dave Davies
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