Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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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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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white. ~Valerie Simpson
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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
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Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well. ~Bob Brown
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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I love performing and having people hear my music more that anything. ~Britney Spears
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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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What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. ~Tom Petty
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role. ~Lauren Willig
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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