A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies. ~Charles XII of Sweden
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to. ~Robert H. Schuller
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Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ~Shimon Peres
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It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum. Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun. Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock. Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock. ~Marty Stuart
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. ~Martha Reeves
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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