Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Write in the sand the flaws of your friend. ~Pythagoras
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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Among the southern tribes, on the contrary, hats were sometimes worn in the dance, although this was not considered in strict accordance with the doctrine. ~James Mooney
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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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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For mercy has a human heart; pity, a human face; and love, the human form divine, and peace, the human dress. ~William Blake
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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