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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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proverbiosInstead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand. Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle. ~Heather Brewer
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. ~Ridley Scott
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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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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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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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
#quotes #bono #united-states
The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. ~Antoine Rivarol
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder. ~John D. Rockefeller
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