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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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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