Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance. ~Michelle Wie
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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Every decision you make is a mistake. ~Edward Dahlberg
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
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The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power. ~Ludwig von Mises
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. ~Dave Davies
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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