A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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It is so boring to just hire a fancy caterer and have them do everything. ~Nicole Miller
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses. ~Juliana Hatfield
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right. ~Sean Astin
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. ~Pearl Bailey
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in. ~Bill Budge
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It takes the glory of God to conceal a matter. It takes the honor of the king to seek out for it. ~Tommy Tenney
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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