A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game. ~Jose Mourinho
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the no-fly zone. ~Philippe Perrin
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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