Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something. ~Jerry Seinfeld
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable. ~Robert Smith
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ~Kim Clijsters
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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If I want my people to be free, Americans have to be free. ~Russell Means
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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