What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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I don't mean to imply that we are in imminent danger of being wiped off the face of the earth; at least, not on account of global warming. But climate change does confront us with profound new realities. We face these new realities as a nation, as members of the world community, as consumers, as producers, and as investors. And unless we do a better job of adjusting to these new realities, we will pay a heavy price. We may not suffer the fate of the dinosaurs. But there will be a toll on our environment and on our economy, and the toll will rise higher with each new generation. ~Eileen Claussen
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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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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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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When you're young and good-looking, you've got to behave. But when you're old, you can get away with murder. ~Julie Newmar
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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