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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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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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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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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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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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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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish 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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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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