I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough. ~Lucinda Williams
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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My dad in particular, I tend to use; I call him "The Brain." If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings. ~Joshua Malina
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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