Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy 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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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. ~Benazir Bhutto
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A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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The West is dead; you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. ~Charles Marion Russell
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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