In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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The rock-star thing became very destructive, like, wow. I didn't know what I was doing. I just kind of became that thing. The hair, that rock-star kind of lifestyle, just living a dream. It kind of took over. It started out very innocent and then I turned into a cartoon character. And I started to feel like a cartoon character. ~Pamela Anderson
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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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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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish 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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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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