Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
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All life is rife with possibilities. Seeds have possibilities, but all their tomorrows are caught by the patterning of their life cycle. Animals have possibilities that are greater than that of a fir tree or a blade of grass. Still, though, for most animals, the pattern of instinct, the patterns of their lives, are very strong. Humanity has a far greater range of possibilities, especially the very young. Who will children grow up to be? Who will they marry, what will they believe, what will they create? Creation is a very powerful seed of possibility. ~Patricia Briggs
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Feelings are determined by how one chooses to respond to various situations and events. ~Ralph Marston
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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I think when it comes to botox and surgery, actresses should do it or not do it, but be honest about their choices. ~Debra Winger
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It's not like I had aspirations, well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing. ~James Cromwell
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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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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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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