A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese. ~Suzanne Collins
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The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~Marlene Dietrich
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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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 family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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