A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots. ~Derek Jeter
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers. ~Caleb Cushing
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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