Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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"He's just a little unbalanced and lonely." He put his arms around my waist, frowning. "Can't he be lonely and unbalanced around someone else's girlfriend?" "I'll suggest it. ~Kiersten White
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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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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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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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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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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