A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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In a relationship you have to open yourself up. ~Neil LaBute
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Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
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Align yourself with outstanding strategic partners. ~Carol Roth
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom. ~Pierre Corneille
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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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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The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit. ~Dorothy Thompson
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~Michel de Montaigne
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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. ~Seth Godin
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I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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