Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay. ~John Schlesinger
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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Your prosperity will only grow as fast as you do. ~Randy Gage
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda. ~Rick Derringer
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self. ~Ralph Smart
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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