The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~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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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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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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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. ~Stephen LaBerge
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
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