I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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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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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me. ~Joe Torre
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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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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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. ~Woody Allen
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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All the prayers in the Scripture you will find to be reasoning with God, not a multitude of words heaped together. ~Stephen Charnock
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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