So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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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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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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Go to your duty, every man, and trust yourself to Christ; for He will give you all supply just as fast as you need it. You will have just as much power as you believe you can have. Be a Christian; throw yourself upon God's work; and get the ability you want in it. ~Horace Bushnell
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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