The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. ~Sarah Michelle Gellar
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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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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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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Let me think about the people I care about... ~Ze Frank
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
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I live in the moment. ~Amy Sedaris
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ~Moby
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
#quotes #ryszard-kapuscinski #patriotism #power #russia #poland

If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ~David Bailey
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
#quotes #david-lloyd #art #hope #reality

The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided it as far as possible; he didn't really want to become any better acquainted with himself. He knew that if he wanted to show his talents to best advantage, he needed to strike sparks off other people to fan the flames of warmth and exuberance in his heart. On his own he was frosty, no use to himself at all, like a match left lying in its box. ~Stefan Zweig
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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