If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth. ~Big Boi
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I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy. ~Bono
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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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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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~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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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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