Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French 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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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all the character material, all the filigree, all the beautiful writing, and put it into a story. ~Scott Rudin
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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