Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ~Ron Kind
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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The most important thing about you is what comes to your mind when you think of God. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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The present can try to bury the past, an operation that is most atrocious when it is most successful. ~Mary McCarthy
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There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ~Moby
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night. ~Charles Spurgeon
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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