If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface ~Christian Slater
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. ~Annie Leibovitz
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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