Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well; nothing. ~Phoebe Tonkin
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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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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I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
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I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. ~Pete Sampras
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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I never read the tabloids. ~Dana Carvey
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it. ~Franco Nero
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