Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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Idolatry is permissible in Hinduism when it sub serves an ideal. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor. ~Ray Liotta
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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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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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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Everything that happens is meant to be. It is meant to happen like that. But sometimes you don't know at the time that it is meant to be disaster. ~Tony Kaye
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it. ~Marie de Rabutin Chantal
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
#quotes #langston-hughes #optimism

We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. ~Ferdinand Mount
#quotes #ferdinand-mount #history #united-states

God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ~Jim Costa
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
#quotes #tommy-franks #war

Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ~Kim Clijsters
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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