Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me. ~Anna Kournikova
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish 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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