I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. ~Phyllis Diller
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French 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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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected. ~Jacki Weaver
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I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says. ~Dick Cheney
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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
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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