It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains' inspection. It's all wrong. You couldn't kill anyone with this. ~Scott Lynch
#quotes #scott-lynch #knives #utensils

A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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People aren't paying to see the Kevin McHale show, they're paying to see the cast of "Glee." ~Kevin McHale
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #human

What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
#quotes #nick-flynn #self #universe #ego

I really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight. ~Len Goodman
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I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
#quotes #frank-sinatra #entertainment #love

Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that. ~Bill Hicks
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