A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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