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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If you didn't watch "The Shield," you should stop everything you are doing and go back and watch "The Shield." ~Timothy Simons
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Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world. ~Frederick Lenz
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well; nothing. ~Phoebe Tonkin
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. ~Soren Kierkegaard
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people. ~Jane Fonda
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships. ~James Redfield
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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