Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
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A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough. ~Lucinda Williams
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Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances. ~Bryan Adams
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west. ~Thomas Pynchon
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Good morning. Love is the most beautiful truth of life. Never ignore the person who loves you.
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
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