Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ~Erich Fromm
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree; I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing. ~Andrea Corr
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money. ~Imogen Cunningham
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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