If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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They say I tried to hurt my nurse. I tell them they tried to hurt me first. ~CJ Roberts
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth. ~Danielle Steel
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography. ~Bill Wyman
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Beggars can't be choosers. ~English Proverb
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Your prosperity will only grow as fast as you do. ~Randy Gage
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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. ~Sarah Michelle Gellar
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You know what, Steve Jobs is real nice to me. He lets me be an employee and that's one of the biggest honors of my life. ~Steve Wozniak
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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