Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish 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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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do. ~Simon Sinek
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know. ~Hunter Hayes
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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