If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation. ~Robert Dold
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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All artists are anarchists in some way; some more extreme than others, but it is something that I think artists are supposed to do. We are supposed to present a different angle on everything, and I certainly think it is as much as poetry, in my opinion. ~Robert Zemeckis
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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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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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
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That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool. ~Mark Webber
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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