A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese 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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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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I have a collection of 50-plus snapback hats. ~James Harden
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"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. ~Sam Shoemaker
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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