Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. ~Yotam Ottolenghi
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
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