A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained by relations of pure causality, the construction of a machine can be understood neither without purpose nor without man. A machine is made by man and for man, with a view toward certain ends to be obtained, in the form of effects to be produced, a mechanical model of any phenomena is explanatory only so long as we take machines as already granted. ~Georges Canguilhem
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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When you're young and good-looking, you've got to behave. But when you're old, you can get away with murder. ~Julie Newmar
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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People love to hate other people. ~Kid Rock
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