When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fear and courage are brothers. ~Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It's not like I had aspirations, well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing. ~James Cromwell
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. ~Truman Capote
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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When CD technology first came out, it was just so much waste. ~Rick Danko
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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I'm a songwriter first. ~Carole King
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